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Levitate with sound- Get the hoverboard

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This Kickstarter project is the first in my series that will teach you the science needed to develop your own technologies in a particular field of interest.

This project focuses on SOUND and more importantly, ultrasonic levitation.  No, this isn’t some kind of free energy or anti-gravity gimmick.  This is real science that works and the videos prove it.

I have always been fascinated with sound and while experimenting with one of my previous Kickstarter projects, Soundlazer, I came across the amazing principle of ultrasonic levitation.   I was surprised to find out that there were no kits or completed circuit designs available on the internet so I decided to bring this project to the Kickstarter community.

See full article here.

Fighting Fire with Sound?

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June 15, 2016
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By Daniel Meyers

Fire wears the dual hat of being both our friend and our enemy. Necessary for advanced life, and equally potent to end it, it’s the latter point that has led to finding better and better methods for extinguishing it. Water, chemicals, even blankets…fire suppressants have taken many forms. And now, the practice of fighting fire with sound is showing incredible promise as an effective, fire-fighting tool.

Watch here how students at George Mason University demonstrate a fire-suppressing sound device to extinguish flames.

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Workplace Integra Fall 2016 Conference Schedule

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Below is our list of remaining conferences for 2016.  Hope to see you there!

Georgia Safety, Health & Environmental Conference
September 21-23, 2016 Macon, GA

2016 BISE / LEPC Conference
September 23, 2016 Greensboro, NC

NCAOHN Fall Conference
October 26-28 2016 Raleigh, NC

Western Carolina Health & Safety Conference
October 31 – November 2, 2016 Raleigh, NC

2016 SCSAOHN Fall Conference
November 10-11, 2016 Greenville, SC

Hearing Conservation Program-Yes -No?

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The first step toward solving any noise problem is to define it. To understand what requirements must be implemented according to OSHA’s noise standard [29 CFR 1910.95, it is necessary to determine exposure levels. The following sections provide information about evaluating noise exposure levels:

Indications of a Problem
Walkaround Survey
Workshift Sampling
Instruments Used to Conduct a Noise Survey (App III:A)

Follow the link to OSHA site:  How do I evaluate noise exposure

Workplace INTEGRA, can be a resource for your sampling needs:  Noise Surveys and Dosimetry Studies

 

9-year-old boy gets his hearing back after six years thanks to bone-conduction implant & iPhone app

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From Apple News, a Flipboard magazine by 9to5Mac

Apple VP of environment, policy and social initiatives Lisa Jackson has  shared a story via ABC7 News about a nine-year-old boy whose hearing was restored thanks to a new type of bone-conduction hearing aid controlled by a companion iPhone app. Highlighting accessibility and inclusion, Jackson wrote that ‘technology can transform lives [and] 9-year old Joshua is a great example.’

Joshua Gomez started losing his hearing at the age of three, and a succession of surgeries over a five-year period all failed. Conventional hearing-aids couldn’t help with his particular condition, but the Children’s Hearing Center at Stanford finally found a solution.

Joshua was outfitted with the Cochlear Baha 5, a cutting edge device that has allowed Joshua to hear out of both ears clearly for the very first time. The device, made for the iPhone, gives him an opportunity to use Apple technology to better his life.

The key difference from a regular hearing-aid is that the Cochlear Baha 5 transmits sound to the inner ear via bone conduction, bypassing other parts of the ear that couldn’t tolerate a device.

See full article here.

 

WPI & UNC collaborate on CAOHC class offering- Still have openings!

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The NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center part of the University of Chapel Hill in North Carolina and Workplace Integra in Greensboro, NC have gotten together to offer a Council for Accreditation in Occupational Hearing Conservation (CAOHC) class in VA.

The CAOHC class will be part of the UNC Summer Institute offering July 27-29, 2016 in Portsmouth, VA.  Attendees would sign up with the NC Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Center here.

Workplace Integra will provide the Course Director and replicate the CAOHC course outline offered in Greensboro, NC and other locations.  The Initial students will attend the 2.5 day (20 hour) class having any Refresher students join the class for 8 hours on the second day, July 28.

For more information or to sign up see here.

In-Ear Device That Translates Foreign Languages In Real Time

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by James Gould-Bourn  on boredpanda.com

Most of us have found ourselves in the awkward situation of trying to communicate in a foreign language. Sometimes it’s funny. Sometimes it’s embarrassing. And sometimes it’s downright disastrous. But thanks to a new translation device that easily fits into your ear, the days of struggling to speak the local lingo might soon be a thing of the past.

The device is called The Pilot system and Waverly Labs is the company behind this brilliantly simple yet potentially groundbreaking idea. When it hits the shelves in September, the system will allow the wearer to understand one of several foreign languages through real-time in-ear translation. A handy app will allow you to toggle through the languages you want, and the selection includes French, Spanish, Italian, and English. It’ll retail for $129, and you can pre-order one here. Or you can just keep talking to people really loudly and slowly in English. Good luck with that.

The gadget comprises two earpieces that easily fit into your ears.  It will allow real-time in-ear translations in French, Spanish, Italian, and English.  “The Pilot” will hit the shelves in September and retail for $129.00.

See full article here.

Workplace Integra to attend 2016 NC Statewide Safety Conference

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The 86th Annual NC Statewide Safety Conference will be held May 10-12, 2016 at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC.
To register or for more information click here.

Workplace INTEGRA will be in exhibit booth 40, stop by to see INTEGRAfit, Workplace Applications Software, and enter to win a door prize.  Here is a list of all exhibitors.

See you in Greensboro!

Heading to a concert? Don’t forget your earplugs

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By Morgan Manella, Special to CNN

Updated 5:29 PM ET, Thu April 7, 2016

(CNN) — Listen closely, concertgoers. Next time you go to a music festival, you might want to pack earplugs. A new study found that they can prevent temporary hearing loss immediately following loud music exposure.

Researchers assigned 51 normal-hearing individuals attending an outdoor music festival in Amsterdam to wear earplugs or not. During a four-and-a-half hour window, 25 wore silicone earplugs and 26 did not. The time-averaged, sound pressure level experienced during the festival was 100 decibels, according to the the study, published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Participants, who were an average age of 27, took a baseline hearing test before the concert.

After the concert, they were tested again to show whether there was a loss in hearing. Researchers found that the group wearing earplugs had a temporary shift in hearing of 8%, while the group without earplugs had temporary shift of 42%.

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