Every Year, This Finnish City Blasts Classical Music to Keep Youths Away
For the past few years, police in the Finnish city of Espoo have been employing an intriguing tactic to keep youths from partying on a local beach – blasting classical music from loudspeakers. There is no scientific evidence that young people have an aversion to classical music, but police in Espoo swear that it works, […]
Innovative Throat Patch Could Help People Speak Without Vocal Cords
Researchers at the University of California recently created a self-powered throat patch that uses machine learning to translate muscle movements into speech, helping people to speak without vocal cords. Jun Chen, an assistant professor of bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, came up with the idea for a non-invasive speech-enabling device after feeling […]