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Brian May of Queen finishes work for his Ph.D. in Astrophysics
Published on 28 Jul 2007 at 6:44 pm.
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Filed under Astronomy, Music, Research, Space.
Brian May, the lead guitarist of Queen, finished his requirements for his Ph.D. in Astrophysics. (See his remarks on his blog here) I remember years ago, when I first became interested in Queen’s music and learned that Brian May had studied Astrophysics. He put his studies on hold to form the famous rock band Queen with Freddie […]
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Reactable
Published on 11 Feb 2007 at 2:48 am.
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Filed under Acoustics, Inventions, Music.
I stumbled across a demo for the Reactable on YouTube. The reactable is a multi-user eletro-acoustic instrument that has a tangible tabetop interface developed by “Interactive Sonic Systems” team is working in the Music Technology Group at the Univeristat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona Spain.
Objects of varying shapes are placed on a translucent table. A videocamera […]
