"U.S. scientists have unveiled a detector thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound."
The story is carried by BBC News, which says the study "marks the first time that a nano-sized detector has been demonstrated in a working radio system."
“U.S. scientists have unveiled a detector thousands of times smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can translate radio waves into sound.”
Two audio science stories made news over the past week: The successful playback of a recording nearly 150 years old and a new compression scheme under development that is 1,000 times more efficient than MP3.
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Here is a tiny, powered monitor that is ideal for smaller environments such as voice tracking booths, DAW-based production spaces and on-air studios with limited dimensions.
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Many ethnic or interest groups now can find a place on the dial that plays their tunes. For some programmers the next logical population segment to merit a targeted format is the gay, lesbian and bi-sexual/transgender community.
Radio station was off the air for nearly half of its license terms, says FCC