{"id":272,"date":"2014-01-03T02:16:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T02:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2014-01-03T03:35:38","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T03:35:38","slug":"thank-you-synthtopia-audio-is-aurally-levitating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zacharybaiel.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/03\/thank-you-synthtopia-audio-is-aurally-levitating\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Synthtopia.  Audio is aurally levitating."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saw this article on <a title=\"Scientists Levitate Objects With Sound, Yoichi Ochiai, Takayuki Hoshi and Jun Rekimoto \u2013 scientists at the University of Tokyo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2014\/01\/02\/scientists-levitate-objects-with-sound\/\">Synthtopia<\/a>.\u00a0 People who love audio already knew of its power.\u00a0 Behold!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three-Dimensional Mid-Air Acoustic Manipulation (2013,2014-)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yoichi Ochiai (The University of Tokyo)<br \/>\nTakayuki Hoshi (Nagoya Institute of Technology)<br \/>\nJun Rekimoto (The University of Tokyo \/ Sony CSL)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/odJxJRAxdFU\" height=\"315\" width=\"400\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A pop song for science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Apparently, this is quite a growing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qy1w6rTpC2g\">interest<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The most fascinating tid bit thus far has been the history, via patents, of this type of research. As stated by the lovely compiler from reddit, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gifs\/comments\/1u71mn\/threedimensional_midair_acoustic_manipulation\/cef7qua\">heyheythroemaway<\/a>, &#8220;patents are like karmadecay for science gifs.&#8221;\u00a0 Does anyone have an easy way to look up these patents?\u00a0 A WordPress plugin?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., System for controlled acoustic rotation of objects U. S. Patent 4393706, July 1983.<\/li>\n<li>Lee, Mark C., Acoustic suspension system U.S. Patent 4402221, September 1983.<\/li>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., Granett, Dan, Lee, Mark C., &#8220;Vibrating-chamber levitation systems&#8221; U. S. Patent 4549435, October 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., Allen, James L., Granett, Dan, Gravity enhanced acoustic levitation method and apparatus. U.S. Patent 4520656, une 1985.<\/li>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., Allen, James L., &#8220;Single mode levitation and translation.&#8221; U.S. Patent 4736815, April 1988.<\/li>\n<li>Peterson, Stephen C., Brimhall, Owen D., McLaughlin, Thomas J., Baker, Charles D., Sparks, Sam L., &#8220;Methods and apparatus for moving and separating materials exhibiting different physical properties&#8221;. U.S. Patent 4759775, July 1988.<\/li>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., Garrett, Steven L., Stabilization and oscillation of an acoustically levitated object. U. S. Patent 4773266, September 1988.<\/li>\n<li>Danley, Thomas J., Rey, Charles A., &#8220;Horn loaded transducer for acoustic levitation&#8221; U.S. Patent 4841495, June 20, 1989.<\/li>\n<li>Ohkawa, Tihiro , &#8220;Acoustically fluidized bed of fine particles&#8221;. U.S. Patent 4948497, August 1990.<\/li>\n<li>Barmatz, Martin B., Aveni, Glenn, Putterman, Seth, Rudnick, Joseph, &#8220;Acoustic positioning and orientation prediction&#8221;. U.S. Patent 4964303, October 1990.<\/li>\n<li>Danley, Thomas J., Merkley, Dennis R., Rey, Charles A., Naperville, IL. &#8220;Method and apparatus for acoustic levitation&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5036944, August 1991.<\/li>\n<li>Rey, Charles A., Merkley, Dennis R. &#8220;Aero-acoustic levitation device and method&#8221; U.S. Patent 5096017, March 1992.<\/li>\n<li>Ohkawa, Tihiro, &#8220;Plasma processing apparatus for controlling plasma constituents using neutral and plasma sound waves&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5350454, September 1994.<\/li>\n<li>Leung, Emily W., Man, Kin F., &#8220;Plasma heating for containerless and microgravity materials processing&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5374801, December 1994.<\/li>\n<li>Nuscheler, Reinhard, Wessner, Hans, &#8220;Closed loop control apparatus with frequency filters for controlling an air gap width in electromagnetic levitation systems&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5387851, February 1995.<\/li>\n<li>Goforth, Robert R., Ohkawa, Tihiro. &#8220;Acoustic barrier separator&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5419877, May 1995.<\/li>\n<li>Guign , Jacques Y., Barmatz, Martin B., Jackson, Henry W., Koptenko, Sergei V., &#8220;Acoustic beam levitation&#8221;. U.S. Patent 5500493, March 1996.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saw this article on Synthtopia.\u00a0 People who love audio already knew of its power.\u00a0 Behold! 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