Padel craze expands to Pacific Northwest with Ballard, Kirkland sites

Two groups are preparing to introduce padel facilities in Ballard and Kirkland. (Also, have you heard of padel?) ...
IEEE

Environmental Sound Pollution Mapping Using Supervised Deep Learning

Abstract: An accurate sound pollution map is necessary in urban environments where sound pollution is prevalent. However, obtaining dense sound pollution data across an area is challenging due to ...
IEEE

Unsupervised Anomaly Sound Analysis Method Using StyleGAN2 to Estimate the Degree and Type of Abnormalities

Abstract: This study proposes a pioneering approach for anomaly detection in smart factories through the analysis of equipment acoustic data, leveraging the StyleGAN2-ADA deep generative model, ...
Android Authority

I wish every Android phone had Samsung's Separate App Sound feature. Here's how it works

Modern Samsung phones are packed with features — more so than practically any other Android brand. That’s obviously great if you like to tinker with and get the most out of your phone, but with so ...
PBS

Can apes play pretend? Scientists use an imaginary tea party to find out

NEW YORK (AP) — By age 2, most kids know how to play pretend. They turn their bedrooms into faraway castles and hold make-believe tea parties. The ability to make something out of nothing may seem ...
BGR

Every Amazon Fire TV Stick Should Be Using This One Audio Setting

The Amazon Fire TV Stick is a popular plug-and-play device for accessing streaming content on a TV or monitor, and it's super easy to use. But if you're listening with just the standard settings, ...