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This page contains a list of onging and concluded Innovation Projects in Danish Sound. For more information about a project please contact the project coordinator or the secretariat.
Treatment of Resting Muscle Tension Through Transdermal Sound Waves of Specific Wavelengths
Treatment of Resting Muscle Tension Through Transdermal Sound Waves of Specific Wavelengths
Resting muscle tension in human subjects is common (anxiety-, injury- related), and over time it can result in such debilitating conditions as for example chronic neck pain. Cochrane Collaboration has provided systematic reviews of some of currently applied interventions, such as exercise, massage, patient education, electrotherapy, mechanical traction, but sadly, the overall conclusion of the reviews is that evidence for positive effects of such forms of treatment is low.
What is needed now is a non-invasive and rapid means of treating resting tension in specific muscles. One which can be achieved through novel transdermal application of sounds with a specific wavelength, directly on to affected muscles – having a rapid and beneficial effect.
Preliminary data recordings undertaken with Human subjects of both genders, ranging 19 to 68 years of age, reveal a clear relaxative effect on the neck muscle Sternocleidomastoideus (often affected with whiplash), as measured using multi-frequency Bioimpedance (NASA developed) and Acoustic MyoGraphy (CURO Diagnostics – Danish developed).
The objective therefore is to scale up from our promising preliminary data and to measure 40-50 injured subjects as well as an equal number of healthy matched controls, to develop muscle specific sounds for treatment of resting tension. This will be achieved over a 1 month period of data collection, with publication of the results no later than 5 months from the project start.
Check out the project report here
Realistic Audio-Visual Implementation of NVH Driving Simulator Based on Virtual Reality
Realistic Audio-Visual Implementation of NVH Driving Simulator Based on Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) techniques have improved visual and motional stimulation realism in recent years. They are applied to train beginner drivers and to improve video games. When driving with autonomous vehicles, virtual driving experience created by VR driving simulator may help passengers for optimal driving experience. The same technology can also be applied to provide potential customers virtual driving experience with the vehicle options they select. However, the sound of VR driving simulators is tuned mostly for gaming, and it is not optimum for vehicle sound. The main purpose of the project is to develop a VR-based NVH (Noise-vibration-harshness) driving simulator We will test the realism of the VR-based NVH system in a subjective listening experiment. The technology developed in this project can be applied to completely new application areas, i.e. autonomous vehicle and digital show room using VR.
Effects of Reverberation on Working Memory Capacity and Speech Reception
Effects of Reverberation on Working Memory Capacity and Speech Reception
The aim of this project is to investigate how reverberation and noise affect working memory capacity and auditory processing. To evaluate the working memory capacity, a Korean version of the Sentence Word Identification and Recall test (SWIR test) will be developed using Korean Hearing in Noise Test (HINT) sentences. Various reverberation conditions and realistic signal to noise ratios (SNR) in daily life will be tested. To reflect the real sound environment in daily life, we will measure the reverberation and noise conditions in hospital rooms and class rooms in Korea and Denmark. We will develop an auditory processing model that accounts for the effects of reverberation and SNR on speech intelligibility. The working memory capacity and hearing performance will be measured using the developed Korean SWIR test, pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry and HINT in several reverberation and SNR conditions.
This collaboration will build a solid foundation between Danish hearing-acoustic researchers and Korean medical doctors for a longer-term collaboration on hearing science and clinical applications in 3 of 9 Danish Sound Innovation Network Otorhinolaryngology.
Virtual Reality Musical Instruments – Development Using MuX
Virtual Reality Musical Instruments – Development Using MuX
Virtual reality (VR) technologies have seen in the last 5 years a large development due to progress in hardware and software. One of the fields where VR has a potential is in music creation. This has been seen also in 2017 with the purchase from Google of Soundstage VR. In Denmark we also have the potential to develop attractive novel solutions in VR musical instruments. As an example, the startup Decochon has developed MuX, a VR based modular synthesizer.
In order to make the synthesizer usable from a research and user perspective, several new developments have been identified, such as:
- Adding physics based sound objects
- Adding spatialized sound solutions
- Evaluating physical models and spatialization, together with movement, ergonomics and UX
These are the goals of this project. By using a prototype of an existing sound solution in VR, we want to investigate whether physics based simulations of 3D objects and rendering in 3D space using either a speaker setup or headphones can be beneficial for musicians who intend to extend their competencies to VR technologies.
SoundCity by SoundEar: Interactive Urban Noise Mapping and Communication Solution
SoundCity by SoundEar: Interactive Urban Noise Mapping and Communication Solution
SoundEar is currently in a process of developing a new business area within environmental urban noise. The idea is to develop a communication platform for urban noise impact, which will enable more possibilities for cities and citizens for their engagement in urban noise abatement. Hence the solution focus on providing high quality and relevant information to target groups allowing them to understand, analyse and monitor the noise situation in back in time, real time and in modified versions of the future.
SoundEar has already now developed and brought into production the outdoor sensor solution, which is a type II sound level meter in a weather proof housing. The product is currently being demonstrated in Malmö and has recently been sold to Heathrow Airport. However, urban sound levels are most relevant and interesting if information is communicated in a way where context of users are well understood and taken into account. Currently there is a general lack of real data on urban sound levels, the cost of sound monitoring is high and noise data if available are communicated in a one-dimensional dB mode at the microphone positions. A number of cities have access to noise maps (whose who are obliged by the EU noise directive), where sound pressure levels are illustrated by colored areas.
SoundEar intends to develop a communication platform with dynamic noise maps where the where the noise levels can be transformed into more understandable indicators that in a more direct way motivate authorities to deal with the problem and citizens to interact and request action or organize their way of living differently.
The aim is to develop a low-cost-sensor communication solution for environmental urban noise. The SoundCity-system is a platform for communicating outdoor environmental sound quality in a simple, scalable and meaningful way. The solution offers a fully managed 'Internet of Things'- and cloud service that allows cities/citizens to monitor, benchmark and analyze a number of urban noise indicators in real time.
The specific objectives of the project is to finalize the first prototype version of the SoundCity architecture by
Developing the innovative communication software platform, which allow users to understand the impact of noise levels in terms of annoyance and sleep disturbance.
- Develop features allowing users to understand the impact of different abatement possibilities.
- Obtaining experience with pilot testing: operation, maintanence, integration in municipal infrastructure in Albertslund in cooperation with the Living Labs of Silent City and DOLL
- Integration in city digital platform in DOLL, test and refine the IoT structure and user surface, system validation in real life conditions.
- Obtain feedback from coming clients establish and validate a suitable and sustainable business model for SoundEar
- Dissemination and awareness raising
Music Intervention for Stress reduction (MISTRESS)
Music Intervention for Stress reduction (MISTRESS)
The project investigates the effects of music intervention for stress reduction in relation to Adaptimus' INMU adaptive music system and Sumondo's stress evaluation app. The main objective is to obtain scientific evidence for positive stress reducing effects that enables further optimization and development of Adaptimus' and Sumondos' products and systems.
Based on recent DTU research, the project will carry out lab experiments that test the hypothesis that adaptive music stimulus has a better stress reducing effect than other active or passive baseline conditions. The measurement of stress condition will be done by Sumondo's measurement technology as well as other physiological measurements.
You can find the Phase 1 report here
Perceptual evaluation of distortion effects in loudspeaker drivers on a component basis
Perceptual evaluation of distortion effects in loudspeaker drivers on a component basis
PointSource has, in collaboration with DTU and Purifi, developed a novel method of modelling and measuring the distortion components in a loudspeaker driver. In this project, we want to investigate the characteristics of the force factor modulation distortion and the iron distortion for difference choices of materials and shapes.
Furthermore, the distortion caused by the iron is believed to dominate the sensation of distortion in audio reproduction and cause reduced clarity and naturalness.
With DELTA SenseLabs experience in controlled perceptual evaluation, these hypotheses can be properly investigated.
The effect of traffic flow and driving behavior on noise annoyance
The effect of traffic flow and driving behavior on noise annoyance
Traffic noise affects the quality of living as well as the health condition for residents nearby. Recent investigations showed that controlling traffic flow thereby driving behavior may influence noise exposure for neighborhood. In these studies, the equivalent A weighted sound pressure level (LAeq) is often used for the estimation of noise exposure. However, this does not certainly take the nonlinearity of our hearing as well as the psychological effect on noise annoyance into account. Traffic flow and driving behavior, e.g. acceleration, deceleration, and constant speed, may influence how people perceive the annoyance of traffic noise. This effect may not be predicted by simple energy based approach such as LAeq. The goal of the project is to understand how people perceive the annoyance of traffic noise with/without traffic control and to derive objective algorithms for annoyance prediction dependent on traffic flow and driving behavior. The project may suggest a way of evaluating the annoyance of traffic noise in international standards and be served as a basis for starting a larger-scale research project.
Improving noise and acoustics in Danish hospitals
Improving noise and acoustics in Danish hospitals
Noise and acoustic conditions in hospitals have been shown to influence patients' physical and psychological health in numerous studies. The objective of this study is to measure the noise and acoustic conditions both using physical measures and through questionnaires.
As it is a short term study, we will measure in selected hospitals, Bispebjerg hospital and Hvidovre hospital, to compare their results with known noise database, e.g., Press Ganey Inpatient Survey and some USA hospital data.
We aim to measure as many types of the rooms as possible, e.g., patient rooms, meeting rooms, nurse stations, waiting rooms, and maybe operating rooms and trauma centers. This study also aims to choose one room with bad acoustics and transform the room with acoustic ceilings and wall panels with help of Ecophon, and ask the users about their acoustic satisfaction, which will indicate the right direction to improve the quality of the service in Danish hospitals.
This study also delivers the current status of the acoustic conditions in Danish hospitals and social benefits by improving the hospital acoustics. We will strive to continue together with the current and more international partners through a H2020 project (see our status and plan in Sec 13).
Reports and Articles
Multimodal interaction in Virtual Reality
Multimodal interaction in Virtual Reality
Virtual reality has seen a rapid development in the last couple of years, thanks to improvements in hardware and software technologies. Virtual reality research and development has mostly focused on visual feedback. However, virtual reality shown be considered as a rich multimodal experience, where the representation and interaction between the different sensorial modalities play an important role.
The goal of this white paper is to review the state of the art and future directions of the field of virtual reality. We examine the role of multisensory (merely non visual) feedback, and present different research in the field of interface design and cognitive psychology and multimodal perception and cognition that can benefit virtual reality.
Project participants
Unity technologies
Jabra (GN Netcom A/S)
Absolute Zero
Liquid media
Project Leader
Stefania Serafin
Professor, AAU
Integrated Design of Sound and Light
Integrated Design of Sound and Light
Sound and light are two equally important factors in indoor environments, so combining them into soundabsorbing
light fixtures are the key idea to create pleasant indoor environments efficiently.
We experience a huge demand for silence and inner well‐being. This resulted from the fact that most people are living in an overly exposed world. The daily life is busy and the noise around us makes it difficult to communicate with others. Buildings are made of hard materials, which leads to bad indoor acoustic environments. Most architects and designers working with space planning search for and demand new acoustic solutions. Embacco has tried light fixtures that have a sound absorbing capability. A very positive feedback has been given to their attempts.
In this innovation project, our goal is to integrate acoustic solutions into light fixtures in optimal ways. The main focus is to find out proper acoustic materials that are light, easy to bend, easy to process with, having decent absorption capability and sufficient fire class, potentially recyclable. After this project, a larger project is expected as an industrial PhD to develop a product collection, which can potentially be used in offices, meeting rooms, living rooms, hospitals, and noisy restaurants.
Project participants
Embacco Lighting ApS
Modi Form ApS
Henning Larsen Architects
Project Leader
Cheol‐Ho Jeong
Associate professor, DTU
Objective and subjective evaluation of loudness for received speech signals
Objective and subjective evaluation of loudness for received speech signals
The loudness estimation of received speech signals became more crucial due to the wide spread of telecommunication devices. Despite of the fact that Receive Loudness Rating (RLR) from ITU-T P.79 is widely used for the purpose, the model is out dated and often used only for comparing the loudness level of different devices. The coming ISO 532 standard outlines the latest development of loudness model for recorded sounds in general applications, but not specialized for speech samples. The goal of the project is to perform a series of listening experiment using speech signals with various bandwidths and telephone modes, i.e. hands-free and handset mode, and to evaluate whether the coming ISO 532 can be used for the prediction of perceived loudness for the speech samples. The project may suggest a modification of the standardized method in order to make a better correlation with subjective results.
Project participants
Brüel & Kjær
Project Manager
Søren Vase Legarth
In-situ acoustic impedance estimation based on sparse array processing
In-situ acoustic impedance estimation based on sparse array processing
Measurement of the acoustic properties of materials typically relies upon idealized sound fields, e.g., anechoic, normal incidence or diffuse fields. Although approximations to these idealized sound fields can be recreated under laboratory conditions, there is no reliable way of characterizing acoustic properties of materials in-situ.
Recent findings by the applicants show remarkable potential in impedance estimation using microphone arrays, via reconstructing the sound pressure and particle velocity on the surface of the material. Additionally, recent results indicate that compressive sensing (based on sparsity constrains via l-1 minimization), is a powerful approach for determining the amplitudes and directions of the incident and reflected waves, providing accurate reconstruction. The method is also successful in estimating the angle dependent absorption coefficient, which is of significance for the numerical modeling of rooms.
This innovation project will apply the proposed microphone array techniques to real applications in enclosures: An initial validation under laboratory conditions, followed by measurements in a medium-sized room, emulating realistic in-situ conditions. The combination of expertise from the partners of the project is a strong asset; it counts with leading expertise in microphone array measurements, room acoustics, and spatial processing of sound fields.
Project participants
DTU Electrical Engineering
Brüel & Kjlær
Bang & Olufsen
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Efren Fernandez Grande
DTU Electrical Engineering
Product Sound Design
Product Sound Design
Current interactive products, services, and environments are appraised by their sensory attributes, in addition to their form and function. Sound is an important factor in these multisensory product appraisals. Denmark is a leading country in perceptual sound evaluation; yet integrating this expertise into the design and development of interactive products, which are fit for real world, yet constitute a strong brand identity, remains a challenge. We address this challenge by novel application of research and practices of two partners (AAU‐CPH and Audiowise, respectively) within the core R&D and production process of the third one (Jabra). Identifying the importance of the sound in interaction, products, and brand identity, we propose to focus on the mid-level, for the development of innovative interactive products, with a top-down link from sonic brand identity, and bottom-up link from the design and evaluation of multisensory interaction. Our approach has clear application scenarios in, e.g., extended wireless headsets, car audio appliances, and portable entertainment devices; all realizable with the expertise of the partners.
The prototypes developed during the project life span, and the IPR and scientific dissemination will be the impact measures of the PSD project. A phase two project will follow with usability and user experience evaluation.
Project participants
Project Leader
Cumhur Erkut
Assistant Professor , Aalborg University – Copenhagen
Class‐D Amplification for Acoustic Guitar Applications
Class‐D Amplification for Acoustic Guitar Applications
Class‐D amplifiers are known for their high efficiency characteristics and low distortion. They have become very popular in pro audio applications like bass‐amplifiers and public address (PA) systems.
However this technology has not been adopted in guitar amplification yet. This project will investigate the cause for this in technical terms and answer the main questions.
- How are the requirements for guitar amplification different from those for bass or PA applications?
- Is it possibly to successfully integrate Class‐D amplifiers in guitar amplifiers?
The project work would include measurement of relevant parameters of guitar amplifiers to compare and identify which quantities are most significant to tone and timbre. A prototype guitar amplifier based on Class‐D amplification will also be constructed and subjected to both measurements, listening tests and evaluated by trained guitar players from the Danish Rhythmic Music Conservatory (RMC). This work could result in a new line of guitar amplifier products which will benefit from the advantages of Class‐D technology such as reduced weight, reduced cost pr watt, e.g. efficiency. The project is ideal for knowledge exchange between musicians and developers which is both fruitful for the quality of new products and growth.
Project participants
DTU Electrical Engineering
TC Electronic
Press Power
Rythmic Music Conservatory
Project Leader
Henrik Schneider
DTU Electrical Engineering
Improved acoustic insulation of headsets at medium to high frequencies
Improved acoustic insulation of headsets at medium to high frequencies
The project aims to pave the way for new, lighter, more compact, cheaper and more comfortable headsets for use in very noisy conditions such as jet aircrafts. The use of lighter materials leads to many advantages, but are prone to a reduced sound insulation in the 1-4 kHz range. Since it is crucial to preserve good acoustic performance, this project focuses on ensuring sufficient sound insulation in the important mid frequency range, where active control is not feasible. The project will develop new accurate prediction tools based on emerging modelling techniques developed at DTU and Loudsoft. The development will be guided by insights gained from advanced measurements of passive attenuation and vibration characteristics of several headset designs from Terma. The project has deliveries at multiple levels: Terma will benefit from improved product designs, Loudsoft will benefit from improved simulation tool products and consulting competences which also benefit their global customers. Finally the results will be published at an upcoming AES convention which will benefit the audio industry in general.
Project partners
DTU Technical Engineering
Loudsoft ltd. ApS
Project Manager
Finn Agerkvist
Associate professor, DTU Electrical Engineering
Evaluation of sound quality in a multimodal context
Evaluation of sound quality in a multimodal context
Quality evaluation is an important research area in the Danish and international sound industry. Most evaluations are performed in laboratory settings. This allows for careful control of the different parameters of sounds. However, real-world experience of sounds is multimodal, and our auditory perception can be strongly influenced by visual or tactile inputs for example. Such a complex sensory experience is not currently integrated in sound quality evaluations and this may significantly undermine the impact of those studies.
The goal of this project is to investigate methodologies to include visual feedback in the evaluation of sound quality. We plan to use virtual reality technologies in order to create immersive simulations that provide multimodal experiences for listeners while ensuring a controlled testing environment. This project will allow us to achieve a better understanding of the interaction between vision and audition when evaluating sound quality.
Project Participants
Aalborg University
Technical University of Denmark
Brüel & Kjær
Bang & Olufsen
Project Manager
Stefania Serafin
Music Interventions in Health Care
Music Interventions in Health Care
Despite an increased activity in both research- and especially the business area within this field, the efforts made to establish a mapping of collective research results have seem uncoordinated at best.
The project was therefore launched to measure the status quo and thus raise the level of our collective knowledge in the field "Music as Medicine". Moreover the project will in a future perspective be able to identify the most valuable focus of potential innovation projects within "Assistive Technologies", which one of the network's 5 focus areas.
The first step is to commence a project that aims to provide an overview of the topic "Music as Medicine". The project deliverables are therefore a white paper and a knowledge-sharing event.
The white paper will on a quantitative basis to explain:
- Existing research in the field 'Music as medicine'.
– Carry out a definition of 'music therapy' and 'sound'.
- The available technologies / products / solutions / etc.
The results of the study will provide a scientific foundation that illuminates areas of knowledge and lack of the same within music interventions in health care, in terms of potentials for future research and business opportunities. The output will also be a useful tool for companies active in the field of "sound in health care" in relation to examine (1) whether there is a scientific basis for the idea and ( 2 ) whether the business idea is unique.
Project Participants
Aarhus University
Sound Focus
DK Systems
Reports and Articles
"Sensing" principles in microphones
"Sensing" principles in microphones
The project explores ideas for variation of the sensing (aftastnings) principle within the framework of the known condenser microphone as the basic construction. The general idea is to detect the pattern of the membrane movement in order to gain information about the whole sound field beyond simply the mean pressure across the membrane.
The ideas are explored primarily by calculations and combinations of various known numerical methods and modeling techniques.
Whether the ideas prove sustainable, the project is expected to qualify the knowledge of modeling and development of new types of microphones.
The project involves collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark and two microphone companies.
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Peter Møller Juhl
University of Southern Denmark
Audio-haptic feedback in cars
Audio-haptic feedback in cars
The main sense used when driving is sight; the strong focus on visual information on the dashboard has in general constantly being growing and designers are alert that this is a security hazard. The aim of this project is to provide alternative solutions in the design of interactions with a vehicle that take advantage of other sensory modalities, such as audition and touch.
Specifically, the project is interested in investigating how auditory and haptic feedback can be used to complement and substitute the information provided by visual feedback. The goal is to empower premium Volvo users with novel multimodal technologies without limiting their awareness of the driving situation. The result will be a prototype of a audio haptic feedback system for cars to be installed in a Volvo test car currently located in Sydhavn.
Project participants
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, consulting section
Volvo User Experience Competence Center, Copenhagen
Reports and Articles
Project Leader
Stefania Serafin
Professor, CREATE, Aalborg University
Simulation of realistic background noise using multiple loudspeakers
Simulation of realistic background noise using multiple loudspeakers
Modern communication devices, e.g. mobile phones, headsets or hearing aids, utilize noise suppression algorithms in order to minimize the effect of background noise in communication. Recent devices make use of multiple microphones for the suppression of background noise and this requires reproducing realistic sound fields using multiple loudspeakers to ensure the spatial information in the reproduced sound field preserves. The standardized reproduction method is based on the equalization of acoustical paths between loudspeakers to the microphone positions for recording. This enable to reproduce the sound field precisely around the microphone positions, but poor performance in other places in the reproduced sound field. Compared to that, higher-order ambisonics (HOA) is an approach to reconstruct the sound field close to the original one using spherical harmonics decomposition. HOA may be able to reconstruct the sound field including the directivity of individual sources, but typically requires a lot of loudspeakers to be used.
The goal of the project is to implement both the equalization-based method and HOA, and to find an optimal and reasonable number of loudspeakers and their layout for realistic sound reproduction. The outcome will be an optimal loudspeaker setup with reasonable amount of loudspeakers, which can be used for testing modern communication devices.
Project participants
Brüel og Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S
GN Netcom A/S, Danmark
Project Leader
Torsten Dau
Professor, Technical University of Denmark, CAHR
Control of spatial impression by means of apparent source width
Control of spatial impression by means of apparent source width
The auditory perception of space provides us with information about our surroundings and helps us to navigate in our everyday environment. Our spatial hearing sense also provides us with an immersed experience in "surround-sound" movie theaters and concert halls. One important auditory sensation is apparent source width (ASW), which describes the perceived width of a sound source or the perceived spaciousness of a sound in rooms or enclosures in general. Recent findings show that temporal fluctuations of binaural cues (in particular interaural time differences, ITDs) are an important factor for the perception of ASW.
This project therefore aims at controlling the statistical distribution of such binaural cues directly at the ears of the listener in order to target a desired auditory experience. This will be realized in natural listening scenarios, such as a living room, for different groups of listeners, including normal-hearing, hearing-impaired, and aided impaired listeners. The outcome of this project is a robust control setup of binaural cues that takes the individual listener into account. The results are highly relevant for signal processing evaluation and control in hearing instruments, audio signal processing and room acoustic applications.
Project participants
Widex A/S
Bang & Olufsen A/S
Reports and Articles
Project Leader
Torsten Dau
Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Electrical Engineering
Auralization of vehicle sound using a car audio system
Auralization of vehicle sound using a car audio system
A noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) simulator has been widely used to understand the NVH issues related to vehicles under investigation. The tool provides the possibility of synthesize vehicle sound as a function of rpm and throttle position, and it inspects the contribution of individual noise sources and demonstrate vehicle sounds to non-experts, e.g. decision makers, who do not have deep understanding of the relevant NVH process. The most of NVH simulators are based on either binaural reproduction with headphones or a simple loudspeaker setup, which does not guarantee the same sound exposure as the real recorded sound field.
The goal of the project is to implement an auralization method using a car audio system. The method should allow listener's head rotation while listening to auralized vehicle sound, and this will be achieved by reproducing the recorded sound field at a target positions, using multiple loudspeakers in a car audio system. The technique will make existing NVH simulators to reproduce the correct sound field with proper context during subjective evaluation. The outcome will be an algorithm and a procedure of recording and calibration that reproduces realistic vehicle sound inside a vehicle cabin.
Project participants
Bang & Olufsen A/S
Brüel og Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S
Reports and Articles
Project Leader
Flemming Christensen
Associate Professor, Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems
Towards an index of stability of auditory evoked potentials
Towards an index of stability of auditory evoked potentials
Approximately one to six for every thousand children born and one third to half of the elderly population present some degree of hearing loss. Conventional audiometry is the most common test for hearing assessment, but depends on the subjective assessment of the person being tested, so it cannot be performed in newborns or individuals unable/unwilling to cooperate. Alternatively, auditory evoked potentials (AEPs) are responses that can be recorded from the brain following presentation of auditory stimuli that can be used to objectively assess the integrity of the auditory system from outer ear via the neuronal relays in the brain stem to the auditory cortex. Several types of stimuli have been used to elicit these responses, and there is a current trend towards the use of syllables, speech and complex sounds, which produce significant variations in the AEPs, thus creating a problem for the subsequent manual or automatic interpretation of the responses.
The aim of this project is to record a database of AEPs in response to different well-defined auditory stimuli, and test a set of algorithms to quantify the variation in the responses in order to obtain an index of the stability of AEPs.
Project participants
Interacoustics A/S
Oticon A/S
Project Leader
Søren Holdt Jensen
Professor, Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems
Sound quality of balanced armature receivers in hearing aids
Sound quality of balanced armature receivers in hearing aids
This project aims to improve the sound quality from balanced armature receivers in hearing aids. The project combines new knowledge about the balanced armature receivers with Delta Senselab's capabilities for audio quality testing. The performance of the receivers are tested on a set of representative application cases for hearing aids, and the influence of the nonlinearities are rated compared to the influence of the linear system response and other effects limiting the sound quality such as feedback. The results are documented in a report and will directly be applicable in the design process leading to optimal designs in terms of sound quality vs size, efficiency and maximum output, both for companies producing the transducers themselves and for producers of hearing aids.
Project participants
Sonion A/S
Widex A/S
GN Resound
DELTA SenseLab
Project Leader
Finn Agerkvist
Professor, DTU Electrical Engineering
Design of a modular framework for evaluation of audio processing and retrieval phase 1 & 2
Design of a modular framework for evaluation of audio processing and retrieval phase 1 & 2
The purpose of this project is to design a modular and flexible framework for rapid prototyping and evaluation of various audio systems, spanning the full pipeline from search and retrieval, visualization, processing, interaction and validation. This will enable faster prototyping and evaluation of complex audio systems by researchers and development engineers.
The first goal is to investigate and specify a framework to support the beforementioned pipeline. Secondly, a webbased prototype of the framework will be implemented. Finally, we will demonstrate and evaluate the realized framework in a real use case defined by the partners.
The project produce three deliverables:
– A technical report with literature study, and a specification of the proposed solution
– A fully functional, webbased implementation of the framework
– A research paper or technical report describing the results of the evaluation
Phase 2:
This continuation still adheres to the original purpose of designing a modular and flexible framework for rapid prototyping and evaluation of various audio systems, spanning the full pipeline from search and retrieval, visualization, processing, interaction and validation.
Through the specification and implementation phase a number of required extensions has been identified which are vital in order to unveil the full potential of the framework; here listed by module
– Search/retrieval: Fully developed advanced search capabilities (technical / conceptual challange)
– (New module) Selections: Scalability (technical challenge)
– Processing/modelling/statistics: a) Improved availably of processing and statistics plugins b) Improved visual design and composition of processing/statistics pipelines (conceptual and technical)
– Experiments: Advanced experimental paradigms and sequential design (research / technical challenge)
– Results & Analysis (incl. visualization): Web-based visualization tools
Project participants
Hindenburg Systems
Geckon Aps
Project Leader
Bjørn Sand Jensen
PostDoc, Technical University of Denmark, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
The effect of Integrated Listening (iLs) combined with Occupational Therapy counseling for children with autism
The effect of Integrated Listening (iLs) combined with Occupational Therapy counseling for children with autism
Children with autism often get referred to occupational therapists specialized in sensory processing. There is a need for intervention methods that can increase positive outcome for this challenged population.
The proposed study will examine the effectiveness of auditory intervention (iLs) combined with occupational therapy counseling. We will examine whether the methods combined have a beneficial effect on social behavior, sensory processing and motor skills in 5 children with autism. iLs include classical music acoustically modified to provide enhanced or filtered signals in certain frequencies, which has shown to enhance certain brainfunction.
Our goal is to reduce dysfunction of the participating children, provide knowledge of evidence based therapy for children with autism and promote growth in occupational therapy private businesses.Deliveries will be a documentation report, articles and presentations to promote improved services for children with autism.
Project participants
Sans og samling
Reports and Articles
Project Leader
Kristine M. Jensen De Lopez
Professor, Aalborg University, Department of Communication and Psychology
Evaluation and improvement of the diffusivity in a reverberation chamber for precise estimation of absorption coefficients
Evaluation and improvement of the diffusivity in a reverberation chamber for precise estimation of absorption coefficients
The current ISO standard for measuring the absorption coefficient in reverberation chambers (ISO 354) has an incredibly poor inter-chamber reproducibility, e.g., the difference in the absorption of an identical sample can be as large as 0.4 between two certified chambers. The main reason for the huge deviation is that the degree of diffusion (diffusivity) in the test chamber varies a lot from one to another in a diversely different manner. However, there has been no diffusivity indicators accepted by the acoustic society worldwide.
Recently Melanie's master thesis at DTU suggested a few promising indicators, thus the goal of this innovation project is to apply these indicators to other chambers and to suggest methods to improve the diffusivity, and correspondingly the reproducibility in the measured sound absorption. Imprecise absorption data are huge problems for both absorber manufacturers and users of the absorption data.
This project will end up with the following four deliveries.
- main factors that influence the absorption measurements.
- the diffusivity indicators in reverberation chambers.
- ways to improve the diffusivity when it is insufficient,
- precise absorption database for computer simulations.
This project is planned to continue as a PhD project at DTU.
Project participants
Project Leader
Cheol-Ho Jeong
Associate Professor, DTU Electrical Engineering
The objective of the SoundSenze project has been to provide an overview of the techno-economic problem complex and the commercial potential for Danish sound Industry in creation of high quality sound in the digital environment. The project aims to be an end-to-end analysis ranging from the producing artist of the recording studio for audio equipment that delivers sound to the end user.
The perspective of the project is to create a framework for cooperation between research and industry, which can produce a techno-economic solution to the 'Sound Challenge' leading up to the potential for a European standardization. The basic idea is evaluate and look for the digital technology potential in the field of sound.
The results of the SoundSenze project are that it has brought attention to the challenge by establishing workshops, establishing focus groups for young people to identify the significance of sound quality on the new media platforms.
The project has brought a big awareness in the press resulting in over 10 national articles in leading newspapers and conducting a large Conference "Giv lyd, Danmark" that successfully ended with over 200 participants including politicians, experts and journalist.
And finaly a very important spin-off of all these activities, has been support to the creation of The Sound House ('Lydens Hus'), the world's first development environment ever, bringing together artists, creative and high-tech entrepreneurs within the audio industry under one roof with a focus on growth and business development.
Reports and Articles
Prediction of speech intelligibility in modern telecommunication
Prediction of speech intelligibility in modern telecommunication
The purpose of this project is to implement a new interpretation model in an existing test set-up for mobile phones which is presently available at Brüel & Kjær. The test set-up will be used to evaluate, whether this model can be used for evaluating the effect of non-linear noise cancellation on speech intelligibility.
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Torsten Dau
Professor, DTU Elektro
Data analysis of acoustic heart signals
Data analysis of acoustic heart signals
The project is based on a large amount of acoustic recordings from clinical trials for coronary artery diseases in the heart already provided for.
The purpose of the project is to analyze acoustic heart recordings. The aim will be to verify evidense for acoustic recordings being capable of determining coronary artery diseases and for already developed algorithms to determine this works proporly.
Analysis will be made of comprehensive existing clinical material based in known mathematical techniques alone or in combination.
For more information, contact Jan Larsen, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling.
Besides DTU IMM also Acarix and Coloplast are part of the project.
Reports and Articles
Speaker with electro magnet
Speaker with electro magnet
The purpose of this project is to investigate the performance of speakers with electro magnet compared to traditional speakers with permanent magnets. Eighteen Sound has developed a prototype which is to be tested. This includes a verification of the achieved field strength in the magnetic gap, characterization of the distortion pattern from the speaker and a pilot test of the application of equalization techniques on the current in the electro magnet.
Associate Professor, DTU Elektro
Switch-Mode Power Amplifiers for Current Controlled Loudspeakers
Switch-Mode Power Amplifiers for Current Controlled Loudspeakers
The aim of the project is to investigate the capabilities of loudspeakers, when controlling the current flowing through their voice coils. The goal is to provide innovative demonstrators with physical (measured) answers to the questions:
- How much improvement in audio performance (THD and intermodulation) is possible through providing the loudspeakers drive signal as current instead of voltage?
- To which extend is it possible to optimize one of the parameters power density (efficiency), size, input power or output power, while keeping the others constant?
- How can current driven loudspeakers be utilized, e.g. wireless loudspeakers, damping of loudspeaker resonance?
The expected deliveries are theoretical analyses and several physical demonstrators, proving the answers to the above questions. Furthermore publications in international peer-reviewed conferences and journals are expected.
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Arnold Knott
DTU Electrical Engineering
Measurement of Linear and Non-linear Directivity Characteristics on Phased Array Loudspeaker Systems
Measurement of Linear and Non-linear Directivity Characteristics on Phased Array Loudspeaker Systems
In 2012 the University of Aarhus joined Danish Sound Innovation Network as the 5th consortium partner. University of Aarhus' first innovation projects is about directional sound in terms of microphone- and speaker systems, which is a growing area. The primary reason lies in the recent years' emergence of new affordable MEMS microphones and speaker units together with cheap and effective amplifiers. Not least due to the development within digital signal processors – in direction of cheaper platforms and increased processing power – which offers advanced and commercially interesting opportunities within directional sound.
Reports and Articles
Project Developer
Eske Bo Knudsen
Danish Sound Network
Sound quality evaluation using hearing impaired listening panel
Sound quality evaluation using hearing impaired listening panel
The use of trained assessors can provide valuable information about the perceived sound characteristics of a product (e.g. Hearing aids). As seen in other industries (e.g. food), a panel of carefully selected assessors can provide detailed information on how a given product is perceived and characterized. This knowledge can be implemented in the product development leading to a product with the desired qualities.
The purpose of this project is to establish a panel of 12-15 trained hearing impaired assessors, all categorized to have a moderate hearing loss (N3 categorization according to IEC 60118-15 WD). The project will include development of screening methods for testing sensory evaluation skills of hearing impaired persons, as well as 3 separate studies on panel validation, sound quality preference and attribute toolbox development to be used by the industry.
The project will yield a new service to the industry that takes the sound quality evaluation to a new level by using expert assessor panel as seen in other industries (food, perfume, etc.).
The project is conducted as a collaboration between DELTA and two hearing aid companies.
Contact the projekt manager or the secretariat (email@example.com) for more information about the project
Project Manager
Søren Vase Legarth
SoundTrip – Interactive 3D audio: Enhancing awareness of details in immersive soundscapes?
SoundTrip – Interactive 3D audio: Enhancing awareness of details in immersive soundscapes?
The overall aim of the project was to examine what could be called "audio socialisation" to get a deeper understanding of how we recognise and interpret audio stimuli, and how we orientate ourselves using the sense of hearing. Playing SoundTrip you are taken on a journey in acoustic scenarios, where the story is told by the listeners imagination.
The output was a paper entitled "Interactive 3D audio: Enhancing awareness of details in immersive soundscapes?", presented at the 133rd AES Convention in San Francisco, 2012.
Reports and Articles
Live Concert Sound Quality
Live Concert Sound Quality
In theaters today, clear standards for excellent sound and picture experience exist – e.g. soundtrack standards via Dolby or THX. At live events, there are no such standards for good sound. This means that there are dramatic fluctuations in the qulity of the experienced product and there is no basis to hold producers and organizers to a joint standard.
To remedy this, we have initiated a project that seeks to define and measure the sound quality at live events. The project's first phase will focus on the regulation of outdoor PA systems and sound. Methods, knowledge and experience from the project will be exploited in a subsequent phase II for indoor events.
Among the current project participants are: Roskilde Festival, MOTO, Stouenborg, Brüel & Kjær, TC Electronic, DELTA, DTU Informatics.
Reports and Articles
Music as noise
Music as Noise
Our knowledge about hearing damage caused by the sound originates, largely, from experience with industrial noise in workplaces. Knowledge of the auditory sensitivity to sound exposure and hearing damage, according to level and exposure time, is the foundation on which Danish and European laws and standards rests. This establishes a maximum equivalent A-weighted sound pressure level over 8 hours (LEX), known as the daily sound dose.
Today's audio technology provides opportunities to achieve extremely high sound levels, and in many cases the noise levels exceed the daily sound dose in a very short time (with a constant level of 92 dB the daily dose is reached within 30 minutes).
This creates a paradox for all sound engineers and musicians: How high can you play without putting your hearing at risk? The sound level is a key element in both the music experience and the risk of hearing damage.
The problem is that we do not know for sure if music has quite the same effect on our hearing as industrial noise. Therefore, we cannot directly apply the same methods and sound dose limits used in industrial noise.
The project mainly aims to demonstrate how hearing is affected during concerts. The idea is to detect temporary changes in hearing related to the sound exposure level and compare the results with the temporary changes in hearing that occurs after being exposed to industrial noise at the same level.
Aalborg University (Acoustic) is project manager. Dorte Hammershøi and Rodrigo Ordoñez.
Reports and Articles
The output of the innovation project was to papers presented at respectively The Acoustics in Hong Kong, May 2012 and the 47th AES Conference in Chicago, June 2012.
White paper on external sound for electric cars
White Paper on External for Electrical Cars
Electric cars are almost silent at low speeds. And while that is considered a benefit, it also presents a risk to vulnerable road users. The discussion, going off in all directions, is being had in many countries, governments, universities, car manufacturers and sub-suppliers, the press and online.
There is an apparent need for knowledge and standards.
Participation in the project brands Danish companies and brings them to the forefront of the trends and development.
- Collecting available knowledge and data on traffic noise, sound propagation, warning signals, psychoacoustics, noise nuisances and sound systems
- Add measurements and trials
- Secure audibility and recognisability, combined with minimal nuisance
- Create a standardised basis
- Describe methods for measuring and comparison of alternative signals
- Provide guidelines on the design of appropriate external sound for electric cars
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Torben Holm Pedersen
Network Sound / Audio Streaming
Network Sound / Audio Streaming
More and more sound is moving away from stand-alone media to networks. Stable transmission of audio through networks create new opportunities – and challenges – for the sound industry. It opens up for online rehearsals and live-transmission of concerts.
In this project, a ground-breaking artistic ICT experiment is performed, and the stage is set in the cross field between live concert and online performance. The cyber-concert will take place in multiple venues across Denmark, where constellations across genres will play together through "Network Sound", a live real-time transmission technology. This involves integrated wired online communication, wireless WiFi communication as well as wireless mobile communication across public networks. The cyber concert is planned to include video broadcasting.
The piece will be performed between venues, composed by composer working in the cross fields of genre-bending music and sound art.
Technical aspects
The project can be divided into the following technological and artistic areas:
- Network Sound
- The Artistic Scene
Network sound
Network Sound covers the communication and signal processing technologies behind everything from collection, streaming and reproduction.
- Collection of music
- Encoding (compression) of collected music
- Streaming
- Decoding and concealment
- Acoustic Echo Cancellation
- Jitter-buffer
- Sync, combining and playback of the music signals.
The Artistic Scene
The stage is set for an artistic ICT experiment combining live concert and online performance. The cyber concert will take place in Copenhagen where two trendsetting ensembles will play together using a new and stable sound technology called "Network Sound". The works used in "Lydrejsen 2010" is composed by cutting edge composers working in the cross fields between classical, electronic and rythmic music.
For more information contact the secretariat or Project Manager Jan Østergaard.
Project Manager
Jan Østergaard
Aalborg Universitet
Event mobile
Event Mobile
The project tests the potential to increase and improve the sound of live events. An example is to create a 3D sound experience using headphones connected to the mobile phone at music festival concerts. The concept is that the viewer simultaneously receives sound from two places: the stage and through an FM receiver in the phone. The FM signal is synchronized with the sound from the stage speakers using synchronization algorithm implemented in the phone. The synchronization is based on recordings applying the built-in microphone.
The project has gone througt several stages in joint collaboration with a series of partners, including the North Jutland SME CrossOver Global, now called Audux and the Technical University of Denmark.
Reports and Articles
- Report: Feasability Study of Mesh Technologies for Audio Streaming
- Article: Augmenting the Sound Experience at Music Festivals using Mobile Phones
Project Manager
Jan Larsen
Professor, DTU Compute
Acoustic regulation in large tents
Acoustic regulation in large tents
In cooperation with Roskilde Festival among others, the network has launched a project dedicated to improve the acoustic conditions in tents used for music concerts and home parties. Hitherto known methods for acoustic control of large halls cannot be applied in tents because their temporary nature and their inability to carry heavy constructions. '
The project has participants from all parts of the business value chain from R&D to manufacturers, professional users and consumers.
The results of the project (solutions and so forth) will be presented at an event and in a final report/website where the solutions will be described.
Roskilde Festival will receive solutions appropriate to their needs and fitted to the structures within the large pagoda tents.
Another outcome of this project is the possibility for users to hear the difference in acoustics between unregulated and regulated tents with the help of sound examples and thus make a qualified decision when renting a tent. The knowledge generated in this project can also be used when solving traditional acoustical problems regarding space.
The ultimate objective is to make the sound experience perceptibly better for events in large tents.
Reports and Articles
- Project Report
- Report: Acoustic Conditions at Roskilde Festival (Odeon Group)
- Article: Scion DTU
- Technical Note: Exploratory laboratory measurements of absorptions coefficients for materials made for acoustic improvement of tents (DELTA)
Project manager
Birger Bech Jessen
Sound indexing in large audio archives
Sound Indexing in Large Audio Archives
This project will develop a system for general segmentation and recognition of sound. When large amounts of audio and video material becomes available, e.g. through the digitalisation of the Danish Radio archives, new services such as TDC YouSee "TV archive etc. automatic segmentation and recognition of audio becomes an important part of being able to access this data. The high degree of broadband penetration in Denmark allows for access to the media files and interactive use for ordinary users.
The system is being developed in order to identify shifts in the sound environment that users consciously or unconsciously register and thus seperates the sound recordings into cognitively coherent parts. These segments will be parts that can be described adequately with a few simple labels. Natural labels are e.g. audio type (voice or music), identities of peaple speaking, the sound environment (on the street, at a train station, in nature), and other specific sound sources.
Reports and Articles
Project Manager
Jan Larsen
Professor, DTU Compute


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Mr. Sullivan is a principal at Transportation Systems Design, Inc. which provides technical consulting services to the transportation and computer industry.
Mr. Sullivan is experienced in the detailed design, test and commissioning of real-time process control and advanced technology train control systems. He has worked as an electrical engineer for a signal supplier, as and engineer and manager for three consulting firms and as an engineering supervisor, chief engineer and technical director at three major US transit properties. His background includes microprocessor hardware, firmware and software design test and integration and professional college level teaching experience.
While Director of New Technology Signals for NYC Transit, led a key study which resulted in the decision by NYCT to upgrade its train control system to one based on advanced communications based technology. This decision will result in the procurement of billions of dollars of new train control equipment for the world's longest subway over the next two decades.
As Director of New Technology Signals for NYCT, supervised a staff of 24 managers, engineers and signal system professionals. Responsible for the design and procurement of typically 3-4 $100+ million signal projects per year. Also, led specification development of NYCT's first Centralized Traffic Control system for its A Subdivision (Manhattan). Procurement cost: $170M.
As part of a three-year world-wide, multi-million dollar study of state-of-the-art train control systems, arranged meetings and met with senior engineering representatives from major transit properties throughout the world. Discussed safety, compatibility and cutover issues associated with new advanced technology train control systems.
Led internal NYCT meetings and worked closely with all affected departments to ensure its new systems fully addressed their needs. Made presentations to the signal industry, senior NYCT management and NYCT's governing board the MTA, the largest public transportation provider in the Western Hemisphere. Later, arranged and chaired international peer reviews comprising senior technical experts from the world's largest transit properties including LUL, RATP, and Hong Kong. These meetings continue to meet regularly at NYCT.
As Chief Signal Engineer for Muni, completed a long overdue Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) project. Using commercial off-the-shelf hardware and control software completed design, installation and cutover with in-house staff for a fraction of the cost proposed by traditional signal contractors. The selected process control software permits easy ladder logic type modifications by Muni staff without requiring traditional programming skills.
Using savings realized from Muni's CTC project Sullivan directed a track design consultant to modify its long-planned conversion of a crossover east of Castro St. Station to a higher speed #10 crossover. This new higher speed crossover enhanced Muni Metro's operational flexibility and for the first time makes feasible today efficient and effective shuttle service between this station to downtown.
For Cable Cars developed key architecture and supervised the design, test and installation of a system to monitor Cable Car performance. Again using commercial off-the-shelf hardware and software led the internal staff development of a system that provided Muni's General Manager and senior staff with an automated daily graph of Cable Car performance. When this monitoring system became operational immediate increases in revenue for the Cable Car system were documented.
After detailed computer simulations of operations revealed performance limitations in the existing subway caused by its existing manual signal system, Sullivan proposed Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) train control technology as the most cost-effective means to increase the throughput of Munis 23 trains/hour Market St. Subway. Working closely with GM, SF Board of Supervisors and Canadian Consulate, arranged a delegation to observe CBTC technology first-hand at Vancouver. SF City officials, impressed with the performance advantages of CBTC technology, elected to install a similar system for its Muni Metro Subway.
Working with the Federal Transit Administration and City identified new funds for Munis Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) project. Prepared RFP for consulting engineering services and led selection process. Later, as Muni's ATCS Senior Project Manager, worked with City Attorney's office to develop specifications and a procurement process by which multiple competing technologies could be evaluated on a level playing field. Completed final contract negotiations and issued Notice to Proceed to CBTC train control supplier.
Today, with its CBTC system Muni has operated trains at under 60 second headways (>60 trains/hour) in revenue service. This performance increase is more than double the capacity possible with its manual fixed block system and was provided at a cost that was a less than half that of civil construction alternatives.
As Supervising Engineer of BART's train control engineer developed technical and procurement specifications for the U.S.s first fault-tolerant, check redundant microprocessor-based vehicle train control system.
Prior to BART in early 1970's was Lead Engineer and Test Supervisor for BART's original train control supplier. Corrected and re-designed systems and electronic circuit board, developed test equipment and established new system interfaces. Headed final system test and commissioning of the train control system for San Francisco, including full central-wayside-vehicle system interfacing.
Wrote low level Assembler and high level Pascal software and later supervised C software development for several state-of-the-art magnetic media testers for this Silicon Valley startup. Later, as Manager of New Product Development managed, designed, and brought to market three new products. While at this firm sales doubled each year for four consecutive years.
Taught a custom 16-hour course in Communications Based Train Control for the CPUC's Rail Safety Division. Advised technical staff of key issues associated with the design, test and commissioning of new technology train control systems.
Developed train control specifications and reviewed final technical proposals for this new multi-billion dollar high speed rail system. THSRC is scheduled to operate very short headway trains at 300 km/hr over 350 km.
Transportation Systems Design, Inc.
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Store owner spat explodes into violence
A KOREAN walks into an Irish cafe.
It sounds like the start of an old joke, but nobody's laughing about the bitter feud between two store owners that exploded in violence at one of the Gold Coast's biggest shopping centres.
The incident started with a dramatic confrontation between two traders in the middle of Southport's Australia Fair Shopping Centre on Friday evening and left a 51-year-old man in hospital and his 64-year-old alleged attacker facing serious assault charges.
The alleged victim's 39-year-old wife and a 61-year-old woman caught in the crossfire - a total stranger just visiting the shops - were also injured.
Charles Hili yesterday faced Southport Magistrates Court charged with three counts of assault, and one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm, serious assault of a person over 60 and going armed so as to cause fear.
He was granted bail to reappear in court on September 10.
Sources told The Sunday Mail that the feud between Hili, who runs the popular Blarney Stone Cafe with his wife, and the owner of Australia Fair Fruit & Veg across the way had been simmering for months over a series of petty disagreements.
It allegedly reached a flashpoint when the fruit shop owner confronted Hili about 4.30pm on Friday.
Hili allegedly hit the fruit store owner a number of times with a wooden club, before turning on the man's wife and punching her in the head when she tried to intervene.
While she did not require medical attention, her bloodied husband was wheeled out of the centre on a stretcher and taken to hospital.
A random shopper caught in the wrong place at the wrong time suffered cuts and bruising, but her daughter later posted on Facebook that she "will be OK".
Hili, who allegedly also brandished a knife during the dramatic incident, was held by shopping centre security staff before police swooped and took him in to custody.
As part of his bail conditions, Hili is banned from approaching the fruit store.
Australia Fair management could not be contacted yesterday for comment, and the fruit store owner also declined to talk to reporters when asked to comment.


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Tim's totally got a house all set up for us to move into!!
It's only renting for now, until he knows just how stable his position at the studio is, and until he has enough money saved up to put a proper down-payment on buying a house in the middle of nowhere, in BC. We are hoping to eventually find a nice place in the mountains/woodsy areas, where we have enough property to keep all of the dogs and make a totally cool enclosure, much like this one, here. Linked from The Wolf Dunn. Rather neat site with a lot of wolfdog hybrid info, and cool stories with lots of photos. :)
Anyway, Tim was trying to get this place for the beginning of March, but it's looking like the people who are currently living there won't actually be out until the end of March, so we'll be moving in on April 1st! Which means that for the month of March, we'll be put up in a temp apartment, (which thankfully will allow me to bring the dog) but it will totally be worth the additional month wait!
The house is in Squamish, about an hour drive north of Vancouver. Tim took a few photos of the place:
This is the view of the road from the house. It was so very trippy even being in the city of Vancouver, and looking up to see mountains!
This is the house. :) It's green. ^^ *wags!* The guy who owns the place is still working on renovating the bottom level, and so we'll only be living on the top level. The guy is only there on weekends to do work, though, so for the most part the place will be all ours. And not to mention QUIET, which will be a HUGE change from the apartment that Tim is currently living in, where the walls are paper-thin. O.o
View from the front porch window. There is also a porch/deck type thing in the back of the house.
Our "backyard." Woods that offer a little hiking trail to a stream. Totally kickass! ;-P~
Just a pic of the inside living room area, and part of the kitchen. And yes, that is a freakin' wood burning fireplace! OMGFIREPLACE!!! The apartment has three bedrooms, and two baths (one bath in the master bedroom). Tim's comment was: "Too bad the place is ONLY for rent!" It is a nice house though, a nice area, and only a short drive into the main town. This won't be our permanent place, but at least we can relax a bit and not worry about rushing to find a good house to buy. Tim wants to be sure that everything is stable enough before making such a big jump.
Bonus: our landlord apparently loves dogs, and has no problem with me having Zee there. Tim is going to start working on him to let him fly Rascal out sooner, too. ;)
So, I am totally excited, yo! X-D Will probably start shipping my stuff out by ground mail next week. More updates and art pictures stuff soon, bai!!!


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-Bob Woodward
Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States is notorious in US history as being the only one to ever resign from office. The scandal surrounding Nixon catapulted leftists into power in the Democratic Party, emboldened them in culture, and made "Watergate" a world-famous term. From that point on, pundits have tacked "-gate" at the end of every political scandal, trying to relate the events to Nixon's decline.
Watergate was a sordid tale of a president working behind the scenes to destroy enemies and block their political power. President Nixon's office, probably Nixon himself, told men working for him to put bugs in the Democratic Party Headquarters in the Watergate Hotel, Washington DC. The men bungled the job and someone spotted them, then the story began to leak out. As time went on, the Nixon administration ordered men to lie to investigators and police, but the men caught planting bugs were being paid by money from the Committee to Re-Elect the President.
President Nixon had taped all conversations and dealings he had without knowledge of people involved and those tapes recorded more than he wanted people to know. The president, or someone at his command, edited the tapes of all conversations in the Oval Office that were seized by subpena by the justice department, leaving gaps covering much of the events. However, enough was discovered that 43 people were indicted, tried, convicted, and incarcerate, including men such as Attorney General John Mitchell, White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, and advisers Charles Colson, John Ehrlichman, John Dean, and investigator G. Gordon Liddy.
The bulk of these convictions were based around the cover-up, attempting to shield the president from the break in and bugging attempts. The break-in its self would have been very embarrassing for the president but was separated enough that he personally was unlikely to have been directly connected. Politically damaging, but not enough to depose President Nixon.
Facing impeachment and probable removal from office, President Nixon decided the country would be better off without the trial and the battle, and resigned from office, leaving Vice President Ford his successor. President Ford soon pardoned President Nixon, stating it was better for the country to not go through any more legal proceedings against a president.
And behind it all, we're told it was the work of crusading journalists, primarily from the Washington Post, who took down President Nixon through meticulous reporting, defying the power base in government. they faced official pressure, wiretaps on their phones, even death threats and feared for their lives, we ere told. Woodward and Bernstein became reporter heroes, with books and movies praising their intrepid investigative journalism. They won awards, and became classic examples in journalism school held up for students to emulate.
Woodward and Bernstein took down a president, that's the line. President Nixon was forced to tell the truth and retire because of heroic Washington Post reporters who defied the odds, the pressure, and the establishment to find the story at all costs. That's what we've been told, but is it true?
Not really.
The dominant narrative in the film All The President's Men was that two reporters, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein (played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman) discovered the crime, unraveled the connection to the president, dug up the coverup, and toppled the Nixon administration with the help of unknown, shadowy informant "Deep Throat." Except that's just not true. Even BBC News reported not long ago:
Rolling up a scandal of Watergate's dimension and complexity required the collective efforts of special prosecutors, federal judges, both houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, as well as the Justice Department and the FBI.
Even then, Nixon likely would have survived the scandal if not for the audiotape recordings he secretly made of conversations in the Oval Office of the White House. Only when compelled by the Supreme Court did Nixon surrender the recordings, which captured him approving a plan to divert the FBI's investigation of the break-in.Woodward and Bernstein both reject the "heroic reporters topple president" narrative. Woodward has repeatedly denied this, such as these quotes:
"The mythologising of our role in Watergate has gone to the point of absurdity, where journalists write… that I, single-handedly, brought down Richard Nixon. Totally absurd."
"To say the press brought down Nixon, that's horse s**t."
Washington Post publisher at the time Katherine Graham even said:
Sometimes people accuse us of bringing down a president, which of course we didn't do. The processes that caused [Nixon's] resignation were constitutional.Michael Graham, Washington Post Ombudsman during Watergate wrote at the time:
Ultimately, it was not The Post, but the FBI, a Congress acting in bipartisan fashion and the courts that brought down the Nixon administration. They saw Watergate and the attempt to cover it up as a vast abuse of power and attempted corruption of U.S. institutions.
Even the "follow the money" line telling Woodward to track down the cash and find out what happened was fiction, part of the script in the film, not from real life. The reporters were doing a decent job of journalism, but the idea that their lives were in danger and their phones tapped was scoffed at by Woodward: "We never found any evidence that our phones were tapped or that anyone's life was in danger."
In fact, the information released by Woodward and Bernstein wasn't new or helpful to the investigators. "Deep Throat" (Mark Felt, it was later revealed) simply gave the reporters information that the justice department had already gathered in building their case. The justice system was ahead of the newspaper, not led by it. For example, the revelation that Nixon had tapes of all the discussions on the topic came from testimony by former White House aide Alexander Butterfield before congress.
What's particularly interesting is that many of the things President Nixon was attacked and demonized for weren't particularly unique or new to the office. Presidents since FDR in the 30s had been taping conversations in the oval office. JFK directed the IRS to audit over 10,000 contributors to conservative organizations - political enemies of his - while in office (interestingly enough, no audits were carried out against Nixon's enemies on his list). In the Kennedy administration, Attorney General RFK ordered wiretaps on many political enemies, as well as figures such as Martin Luther King jr. As Geoff Shepherd writes at Politico:
The 1975-76 Church Committee hearings, particularly FBI testimony about actions undertaken for the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and The Growth of Domestic Intelligence report, document that such abuses of power hardly began with Nixon.
And Democrats in congress knew all this. Further, many of the things President Nixon was deposed over, President Clinton did and worse, and got away with in office. More troubling, many separation of powers violations took place, such as justice department investigations run by congress, violations of the 5th amendment, and manipulations of trial procedure and evidence to get the desired outcome. Its not that the president and all those guys weren't guilty, its that Democrats in congress broke the rules to make sure they won.
The prosecutor hid evidence from the defense team - something that Justice Department officials have been busted for doing repeatedly recently, having cases thrown out as a result (which suggests that in the past it's been standard policy).
As crimes go, Watergate was pretty minor. Even the Iran-Contra scandal in the late 80s under President Reagan was worse, if handled more cleverly. The Whitewater investigation was looking into far worse crimes as well. Yet the Nixon administration is held up as the worst, most corrupt administration of all time and a byword for Republican perfidy. There have been worse administrations in American history (The Grant administration, for instance, was riddled with corruption, even if President Grant himself wasn't necessarily, and Teapot Dome scandal with Warren G Harding was unbelievably corrupt).
But its Richard Nixon who is held up as the depths of evil and scandal, and two reporters trumpeted as the greatest men ever, inspiring generations of leftists.
One final myth about the Watergate scandal: the number of young people signing up to be journalists after the events increased! Except examination of the enrollment numbers shows that there wasn't any sudden increase:
It's a myth that endures despite its thorough repudiation by scholarly research. One such study, financed by the Freedom Forum media foundation, reported in 1995 that "growth in journalism education" resulted "not from such specific events as Watergate… but rather to a larger extent from the appeal of the field to women, who have been attending universities in record numbers".
The study was unequivocal in stating that "students didn't come rushing to the university because they wanted to follow in the footsteps of Woodward and Bernstein — or Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, for that matter".
A similar study, released in 1988, declared: "It is frequently, and wrongly, asserted that the investigative reporting of Woodward and Bernstein provided popular role models for students, and led to a boom in journalism school enrollments."
Instead that study found that enrollments already had doubled between 1967 and 1972, the year of the Watergate break-in.
In the end, the entire thing was awful and illegal, but the mythology that built up around Watergate was awful as well. Today, leftists boast that they took down a president and beat the system, when it was the system that took down the president, and reporters didn't contribute materially to the events.
And when you see scandals like Benghazi taking place, its difficult to even conceive of a few bugs being planted and staff members trying to keep investigators from finding out the connection to the president being such a serious deal. In comparison to more recent scandals by presidents, Watergate seems pathetic and mild.
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we have problems with new computer (motherboard gigabyte - B250M-D3H). The PXE Booting starts correct, but we then get a network error. I wrote, that theres a newer build than 540.
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Would you post a couple of screenshots showing the error message? Have you tried using a WinPE bootable media?
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her the error message after PXE booting. No I haven't tried yet WIN PE. It's quit a big effort to set it up.
Hallo Again,
now I tried Win PE and included the current Intel i219-nic-drivers in the bootimage. But the same problem. The PXE boot is Ok, Acronis Snap Deploy Agent starts but without a LAN connection.


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After the incredible growth of Glow Church on the Gold Coast, Senior Pastors Joel and Ellen Cave had a vision to plant a second location in the thriving city of Sydney, which was the city they both grew up in. In July of 2017, Pastor Grant and Whitney Hoyle relocated with their family and a small group of people to pioneer and launch what we now call Glow Church Sydney.
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Through studying artists from different periods in Australian history, we are able to trace the development of and changes in the Australian identity. From the stylised works of John Glover, the vibrant impressions of Tom Roberts, to the contemporary analysis of Anne Zahalka, the concept of Australian identity has gone through much remodelling over the ages. Each artist response is different, relative to the individual culture and social issues of the period. However, they are all common in that they represent the sentiments of the Australian public at the time, and what they feel it means to be Australian.
Born in England in 1767, John Glover first established fame as a painter of romantic landscapes. At the age of 64 he was awarded a land grant in Tasmania, which he named Patterdale. Following his migration to Australia, his artistic style changed significantly as he responded to the new light and landscape presented by the Australian bush.
He became one of the first colonial artists to break away from the comfortable European traditions, and respond truthfully to the unique landscape with which he was faced.
Glover's work is highly culturally significant, as he depicted the views of early colonial Australians, in a time when Australian identity was at its absolute infancy. These views are clearly shown in Natives on the Ouse River, Van Diemens Land (1838). In this artwork we can Aboriginal people swimming and playing in the river, or gathered around a campfire on the rivers bank. This painting harks back to Glover's romantic origins, with towering, ancient eucalypts, and the ideal of 'the noble savage' epitomised in the joyous occupation of the native peoples.
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Multiple Sclerosis & Cognitive Fatigue
What is multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and potentially debilitating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the human brain and spinal cord are impaired. The body's immune system eats away at the protective cover (myelin) that shields your nerves.
The damage caused by the disease can disrupt the capacity of parts of the nervous system to communicate correctly together, resulting in a wide sorts of signs and symptoms, including physical and mental problems. Multiple sclerosis can take several forms, such as relapsing forms (where symptoms occur in isolated attacks) or progressive forms (where symptoms build up over time).
Even if between attacks, the symptoms can go away completely, long-lasting neurological problems often occur, especially as the disease progresses.
The subsequent brain damage ultimately results in long-term disability. Because the disease can cause multiple sites of damage throughout the central nervous system, patients will experience a wide variety of symptoms. One of the most common is the impairment of cognitive abilities and cognitive fatigue. Cognitive impairment, including impaired memory, attention, processing and executive functions, affects up to 65% of patients who have MS. Short-term memory, which is the ability to recall information that has been acquired only a brief time before it must be retrieved, is most often affected.
In a recent study, which compared two groups of people with MS, CogniFit's brain fitness program proved successful in improving three memory domains among the people who trained with it, as compared with those who did not. The areas that showed improvement included working memory, visual short-term memory, and general memory. The key to CogniFit's brain fitness program's success appears to be its ability to provide focused training in both visual and short-term memory.


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Global Unicorn Fair offers new strategy for entering Chinese markets
VIENNA / ACCESSWIRE / December 4, 2019 / The first Global Unicorn Fair (GUF) was held in the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 28. The following day, the inaugural ceremony for the Global Alliance of Sharing Economy (GLASE) was held in the same museum.
Both conferences encouraged participants to embrace the era of the sharing economy and to develop a world of business without borders. Global political and business leaders attended both events to promote cooperation among the world's leading enterprises and chambers of commerce.
The host of the Global Unicorn Fair, ToJoy, is China's largest business accelerator. China is now the world's second-largest economy, and many see unparalleled commercial potential for global businesses in China. In recent years, China's import and export volume has grown the fastest in the world. As China accounts for nearly 20% of the world's purchasing power, China's consumers now represent the largest market in the world. ToJoy points out that Chinese technological innovations in 5G and mobile payments combine with the country's strong manufacturing capabilities to provide an attractive incubation ground for global companies that are interested in entering this market.
Historically, international companies have used different methods to enter the Chinese market to varying degrees of success. Coca-Cola, one of the first global companies to set its sights on Chinese market, hired Chinese employees, rented local offices, and utilized local resources. Coca-Cola has since become the most popular beverage brand in China. China has also seen an influx of foreign investments from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries. Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group absorbed capital from Softbank Corporation, a Japanese group.
Yet challenges exist in this market as well. Many companies have endured long start up periods, cash shortfalls, and cultural gaps that end up hindering growth. ToJoy and GLASE envision these November conferences as opportunities to invite companies that are interested in entering China effectively and sustainably to take advantage of their existing networks, platforms, and institutions.
The GLASE conference in particular was held to unveil a reliable business platform to be jointly built and shared by global enterprises for mutual economic benefit. GLASE was established by former Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, and supported by 33 former state leaders who act as GLASE's Co-Chairs, Vice-Chairs and Senior Advisors.
The GUF on Nov. 28 encouraged global entrepreneurs and investors to share resources and to look for business opportunities not just in China, but worldwide. 300 large-scale GUF symposiums are now hosted by ToJoy annually, with each symposium attended by 600 to 1,000 high-net-worth entrepreneurs looking for business and investment opportunities in China and beyond. Other ToJoy entrepreneurs make use of the ToJoy Cloud APP to participate in such events remotely.
The ToJoy online-offline business platform consists of more than 700,000 high-net-worth entrepreneurs. ToJoy provides a comprehensive set of professional services to accelerate businesses in China and beyond, including funding raises, joint operating partner matching, marketing, project management, capital management, IPO support, and consulting. ToJoy's 5,000 full time staff support its client companies' expansion into the 650 Chinese cities it covers, as well as global acceleration for clients from its international headquarters in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, and Mexico City.
ToJoy and GLASE will continue to support the development of the companies in attendance at these Vienna events. For further information on acceleration opportunities, inquiries are welcome at your regional ToJoy office.
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We've had a few Friends of Unfair Park inquire about the filming today in front of the Hotel St. Germain on Maple Avenue. Seems traffic's being redirected in the area because of it. Well, if you guessed, "Prison Break," you would be right, according to our good friends at the Dallas Film Commission, who remind us to remind you that, as it's a closed set and all, jes' keep on driving. Nothing to see here. Nothing at all.
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Netflix announced today that actress and singer Kristen Bell recorded "Tell Me How Long" for the upcoming original documentary Chasing Coral, directed by Jeff Orlowski. Written by Dan Romer and Teddy Geiger, the song is a rousing plea about the climate crisis and the devastating phenomenon silently raging underwater – the global bleaching of coral … [Read more...]
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June 22, 2018Yemen
The Gulf nation's ground troops have cultivated alliances in Yemen with local armed groups, but its ability to shape the civil war's outcome is limited.
May 30, 2018North Korea
Successful denuclearization will hinge on rigorous on-the-ground inspections and closing the gap between North Korea and the United States on what areas any agreement should cover.
March 10, 2017Netherlands
The rise of populist Geert Wilders in the Netherlands is showcasing the pressing need for European Union reform, says expert Pieter Cleppe.
June 29, 2016United Kingdom
The United Kingdom's vote to leave the EU demonstrates that rising populism in Europe and the United States are both driven by voters who feel alienated from the benefits of globalization, says CFR's…
October 9, 2015Afghanistan
The battle for Kunduz highlights the military and political challenges facing Afghanistan and the narrowly defined U.S. mission there, says CFR's Stephen Biddle.
June 18, 2015Vatican City
The pope's encyclical on the environment carries a profoundly religious message about care for the earth, wedded to a new call for activism, say religious scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
May 22, 2014Europe
This week's European parliament elections could mark a victory for eurosceptics and fringe political groups, an outcome that would likely sour transatlantic relations, says expert Judy Dempsey.
October 3, 2013Israel
Amid diplomatic challenges on Iran and Syria, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could face conservative opposition at home for progress on peace with Palestinians, says CFR's Robert Danin.
May 3, 2013Iraq
The political standoff between the Shiite government of Nuri al-Maliki and Sunni protestors is fueling growing instability in Iraq, which recorded its most violent month in five years, explains Iraq …
April 5, 2013Grand Strategy
Secretary of State John Kerry is launching new Mideast shuttle diplomacy, but President Obama's commitment to brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement remains to be seen, says expert Martin I…