Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

In either the 1850s or 1860s, German physicist Hermann von Helmholz created a device to analyze sound. In 2005, that same sort of device made its way into the airbox of the new 3.8-liter flat-six of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Observe a demonstration of Helmholtz Resonators from the Physical Science Collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

ITHACA, N.Y. — Every time you applaud at a concert or celebrate a touchdown, your hands are performing a feat of physics that scientists have puzzled over for decades. Cornell University researchers ...

The Helmholtz Resonators are a strange bunch, but in a delightfully quirky way that doesn't make your teeth itch. They've always described themselves as 'Time Travelling Audio Scientists', but this ...

Researchers describe an acoustic meta-surface that uses pingpong balls, with small holes punctured in each, as Helmholtz resonators to create inexpensive but effective low-frequency sound insulation.

ITHACA, N.Y. -- In a scene toward the end of the 2006 film, “X-Men: The Last Stand,” a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of biological and ...

An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Herman von Helmholtz (1821-1894), a ...