Sentences with phrase «objects using sound»

A team of researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Sussex in collaboration with Ultrahaptics has built a novel sonic tractor beam that can lift and move objects using sound waves.

Last year Asier Marzo, then a doctoral student at the Public University of Navarre, helped develop the first single - sided acoustic tractor beam — that is, the first realization of trapping and pulling an object using sound waves from only one direction.

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As for the conclusion of Aidan O'Neill QC, that schools will be within their statutory rights to dismiss staff who refuse to use stories or textbooks promoting same - sex marriage and that parents who object to gay marriage being taught to their children will have no right to withdraw their children from lessons, does that sound at all unlikely, given the cases of the Strasbourg four, which were considered by the European Court of Justice in September?

Without physically evaluating her I can't be sure if this is a «preferred position» for her (i.e. if she already has underlying muscular or skeletal asymmetries) but too much time in this position will likely lead to shortened muscles on the right side of her body (your left when you're looking at her), which can then make it harder for her to use her right hand, to lift her head in Tummy Time, to turn to see objects on her right side, to turn toward sounds or touch sensations on her right side, to roll, to use both arms equally to assume the hands and knees position for crawling, to sit upright.

In speech development, typical 18 - month - olds can: Use 10 - 15 words spontaneously Attempt to sing Say «No» meaningfully Gesture to express needs Name one or two familiar objects In speech development, most two - year - olds can: Understand «no» Use 10 to 20 words, including names Combine two words such as «daddy bye - bye» Wave good - bye and plays pat - a-cake Make the «sounds» of familiar animals Give...

If you are using any object to generate a sound, your baby will notice it and would wish to know about the object making the sound.

In this activity, your child will learn to use objects to visually represent the sounds in words.

Scientists can float objects in mid-air, using just the power of sound.

Air jets and sound waves can be used to levitate objects.

Japanese engineers have developed a new system of acoustic levitation, using sound waves from four audio speakers to suspend solid objects in three dimensional space.

Thus porpoises can better hear the echoes from objects and prey when using these clicking sounds, «explains Lee Miller.

Sonar sensors, which use sound waves to detect objects, produce less data than video cameras.

Scientists have used sound to levitate objects before.

The robot had learned to use a perceptual model to recognize and classify objects — and it could rely on this model to estimate how similar two objects were with only the sounds they made to guide it.

For now, though, the ability to manipulate, as well as float, objects by sound could be used to transport hazardous or fragile materials or to simulate the low gravity of space.

There are three designs of the device, each with trapping profiles suitable for different object sizes relative to the wavelength of sound used.

Bats and other animals that rely on sounds to detect prey in the dark move their ears much like humans use their eyes to track an object of interest, making constant adjustments to their ear positions.

A couple of years later, the dolphins were associating the sound with the reward or even using it to call an object by name.

Although the majority of those that use echolocation — emitting sound waves that bounce off objects — to hunt are usually lumped into one group, a new study suggests that some belong in a separate category.

This technology, however, is not simply sonic levitation, using sound to push objects around.

The algorithm used by a computer model called the Boltzmann machine, invented by Geoffrey Hinton and Terry Sejnowski in 1983, appears particularly promising as a simple theoretical explanation of a number of brain processes, including development, memory formation, object and sound recognition, and the sleep - wake cycle.

The study appears to be «very solid work,» says Lore Thaler, a psychologist at Durham University in the United Kingdom who studies echolocation, the ability of bats and other animals to use sound to locate objects.

But the technique's most valuable application will likely be using sound to probe the structural properties of objects — studying metal alloys, for instance, by blasting sound at them.

Using materials that scatter sound waves, researchers think they have created a covering that could make an object completely soundproof.

Researchers have now built a working tractor beam that uses high - amplitude sound waves to generate an acoustic hologram which can pick up and move small objects.

They plan to use synthetic human clicks to investigate how these sounds can reveal the physical features of objects; the number of measurements required for such studies would be impractical to ask from human volunteers.

These marine mammals have been using echolocation - bouncing high - frequency sounds off underwater objects - to find prey for tens of millions of years.

WE COULD use light echoes to find exoplanets in a similar way to how killer whales «see» through pitch - black water by bouncing sound waves off objects.

The principle of directing sound at a brittle object is used, for example, to break up kidney stones — except doctors don't bother to find the resonant frequency, preferring just to blast the stone with lots of sound energy (and if a singer were as loud as, say, an explosion, she wouldn't have to find the resonant frequency to break a glass, either).

«The composition of the complex vocalizations and the use of the different sound sequences are the object of increasing study, but much remains unknown,» says study Sarah Zala, the first author of the study.

Caregivers are asked about a child's use of sounds, eye gaze, words, objects, gestures and other kinds of age - appropriate communication.

It allows for sounds to be treated as «objects» that the system can position in the listening space beyond the limitations of traditional 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound channels, including the addition of sound coming from overhead using in - ceiling or vertically firing speakers.

Every student would take part in a 15 - minute, arts - infused learning activity, like reading a poem by Maya Angelou, then entering the text through rhythmic and melodic interpretations, using voices and found objects to create a cacophony of sounds; or finding a specimen in nature, then analyzing and drawing it in visual journals.

Can be used to present information in interactive categories, and may contain text, images, and sound objects.

Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors

Investigate how sound can be used to navigate, communicate, locate objects and create 3 - D images of surroundings.

There's also a glass breakage sensor which has a highly sensitive microphone that uses sound frequency to discern whether an object is hitting the glass or the glass has broken.

Parking sensors, which use ultrasonic sound waves or radar to detect objects around the vehicle, also reduced blind zones, but not as much.

Using real objects and spatialized sound, Pinewood's award - winning sound designers have created effects that dance through the recording, placing the listener into the frenetic heart of a live Quidditch match.»

The way the TapSense technology works is this: different objects or different parts of the body used to touch the display will generate different sounds which in turn can be picked up with the help of an inexpensive microphone attached to the display.

If you have noticed that a certain object or sound always causes your dog to bark, you can then work towards getting your dog used to that object or sound.

It's very important that the breeder ensures that the puppies get used to interacting with people and with the environment around them on a regular basis (objects, sounds, different situations).

In the same way, when you're teaching your dog what words mean, you need to use short, simple words (sounds) and consistently connect them to the appropriate object or action.

Using sound waves, ultrasound produces a real - time moving picture of your pet's organs that allows us to visualize objects that can not be detected by X-rays alone.

If the dog objects and doesn't react to your voice or to the clapping, for instance, use something making a pitch - high sound like an air horn or a whistle.

Give her time to get used to the new place, the new smells, the new objects, the sounds of traffic, meeting other dogs and stuff like that.

And the game's 26 special Trophy levels have challenging alternate goals, whether it's playing just by using sound or collecting objects as quickly as possible.

Using images, sound, industrial materials and technology, she creates situations — objects and environments — that allude to recognizable landscapes thus examining the notion of space / time as a measure of reality.

The show features new work, ranging from art objects created using natural materials onsite, to sound and video pieces, outdoor installations and performance works.

From the first performance pieces created in Cal Arts, the famous Los Angeles art school, to the amazingly rich graphic work, including the spectacular systems in which the artist uses all techniques (video, photography, odd objects...), Mike Kelley's work, scholarly with a tinge of irreverence, spreads out in a striking visual and sound itinerary.