How Phones Ring a Bell in Your Head
The instant you hear a cellphone ring, your brain reacts in a unique way – if the ringtone matches that of your own phone. Anja Roye of the University of Leipzig in Germany and colleagues recorded the text-alert tones of 12 volunteers, then played them all the tones, at the same volume and in a…
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New Scientist
I Accidentally Invented Electronics in 1906
Our modern media spring from a common source, an invention that is rarely mentioned today but that had as decisive a role in shaping society as the internal combustion engine or the incandescent lightbulb. The invention was called the Audion. It was the first electronic audio amplifier, and the man who created it was Lee…
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Nick Carr