The anti-music of the aerospheres

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Georgia Tech aerospace engineers are trying to develop noise dampening devices based on ceramic beads. Financially supported by NASA Langley Research Center, engineers have created a shroud-like acoustic liner which promises to control sound waves emitted by industrial equipment, aircraft, motor vehicles and household product. The ceramic aerospheres successfully block noise from jet nozzles but will melt or burn at high temperatures.

Author: Hodges, Mark
Publisher: Technology Review, Inc.
Publication Name: MIT's Technology Review
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 1096-3715
Year: 1998
Research, Usage, Noise control, Ceramics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Aerospace engineers

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Symphony orchestras and artist-prophets: cultural isomorphism and the allocation of power in music

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An analysis is presented on the influence of group identity on artistic expression and social power, using the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as an example. The orchestra, which bars women and minorities, demonstrates that the interrelationship between authority and aesthetics is culturally isomorphic in respect to dominant values within society.

Author: Osborne, William
Publisher: MIT Press Journals
Publication Name: Leonardo Music Journal
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0961-1215
Year: 1999
Social aspects, Analysis, Austria, Influence, Membership, Sex discrimination against women, Group identity, Social identity, Race discrimination, Critical Essay, Civil rights, Symphony orchestras, Music and society, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Making music on the Web

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A description is presented on 'Cathedral,' an extended musical work existing as Web sites. Launched in 1997, the site includes both computer and acoustic music, as well as virtual instruments contributors have created.

Author: Duckworth, William
Publisher: MIT Press Journals
Publication Name: Leonardo Music Journal
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0961-1215
Year: 1999
Design and construction, Web sites, Web site design, Online music, Composition (Music)

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