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A student from Imperial College London, Ed Prosser, interviewed Michael Proulx of Queen Mary University in London about seeing with sound, and this interview was aired on Wednesday 24 November 2010 for their radio show "Short Science",
under the theme of "Sounds of Science". The 10 minute feature can be downloaded as an MP3 file from the direct URL http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13042873/The%20Sounds%20of%20Science_02%20%5BTO%20SEND%5D.mp3 The accompanying description is appended. Best wishes, Peter Meijer Seeing with Sound - The vOICe http://www.seeingwithsound.com/winvoice.htm The Sounds of Science #02. SEEING WITH SOUND. In this episode we take a listen to the vOICe technology which has been developed to help the blind ‘see’ with sound. Ed is joined by Dr Michael Proulx of Queen Mary University London who is currently using the vOICe technology to understand how different sense modalities interact to give rise to perception. Dr Proulx discusses how thevOICe technology can be used to induce a type of ‘synthetic vision’ and how this
is achieved through the process of ‘sensory substitution’.To find out more about how the software creates sound from visual information we
put it to the test with the use of several interesting images (below). So if you ever wanted to know what a banana or even a goat might ‘sound’ like you’ve come to the right place!You can listen to the episode here (right click ‘save target as’ to download)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13042873/The%20Sounds%20of%20Science_02%20%5BTO%20SEND%5D.mp3 Or listen to this feature within episode 078 of Short Science. http://web.me.com/elizabethhauke/Short_Science/Shows/Entries/2010/11/24_Episode_078__Intelligence.htmlFor further information on the vOICe technology, visit: www.seeingwithsound.com
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