acoustical engineering
51Diffusion of innovations — The diffusion of innovations according to Rogers. With successive groups of consumers adopting the new technology (shown in blue), its market share (yellow) will eventually reach the saturation level. In mathematics the S curve is known as the… …
52Loudspeaker acoustics — is a subfield of acoustical engineering concerned with the reproduction of sound and the parameters involved in doing so in actual equipment. Engineers measure the performance of drivers and complete speaker systems to characterize their behavior …
53Information and communication technologies in education — For information technology in general, see Information technology. Information and communication technologies in education deal with the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) within educational technology. Contents 1 Purpose 2… …
54STEM fields — is a US Government acronym for the fields of study in the categories of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The acronym is in use regarding access to work visas for immigrants who are skilled in these fields.[1] Maintaining a… …
55Outline of robotics — See also: Index of robotics articles The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to robotics: Robotics – branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, structural disposition, manufacture and… …
56Topic outline of robotics — Robotics is the science and technology of designing, making, and applying robots, including theory from many contributing fields. A robot is a mechanical or virtual, artificial . It is usually an electromechanical system, which, by its appearance …
57Institute of Acoustics — The Institute of Acoustics (IOA) is a British professional engineering institution founded in 1974. It is licensed by the Engineering Council UK to assess candidates for inclusion on ECUK s Register of professional Engineers. The Institute s… …
58Sound localization — refers to a listener s ability to identify the location or origin of a detected sound in direction and distance. It may also refer to the methods in acoustical engineering to simulate the placement of an auditory cue in a virtual 3D space (see… …
59electromechanical transducer — ▪ instrument Introduction any type of device that either converts an electrical signal into sound waves (as in a loudspeaker) or converts a sound wave into an electrical signal (as in the microphone). Many of the transducers used in… …
60sound recording — Introduction transcription of vibrations in air that are perceptible as sound onto a storage medium, such as a phonograph disc. In sound reproduction the process is reversed so that the variations stored on the medium are converted back… …
