the sound of golf, the music of cancer


	the sound of golf, the music of cancer

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1-12-2008 3:25 PM

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1-13-2008 5:50 AM

abailart

Wonderful clip. Unfortunately, the soundtracks won't download for me (404) but i will follow up this marvellous stuff. Thank you.

1-13-2008 5:59 AM

haraya

I agree. I'm sending this to my dad

1-13-2008 6:07 AM

haraya

Thought I had to be more clear: I agree that this clip is great. The sounds clips are working out fine for me.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/defc56a8-63b8-4cd1-8630-2820492c9192/AB90C936-49B1-4EB0-9B29-0BD583A638A5/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html" href="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html" style="font-size: 11px;">weekendamerica.publicradio.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/weekendamerica.publicradio.org/img/A243F24C-8BCD-443C-B8C9-4CDE9E039FC9" alt="Larger view" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">
            And so, auditory feedback is just what Berger, the musician, and Ladd, the golfer, have tried to create for a golf swing.  It is a bizarre idea:  When you swing a golf club wrong, you make the same sort of horrible, horrible noises as a beginning cello player.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_badgolf_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">
            And when all your muscles and joints do everything right, you make a pure sound.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_goodgolf_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">Distort the movements of the swing, and the sound gets distorted too. "And the degree of distortion is the degree of divergence from the sweet spot," explains Berger.  He calls this technique "sonification."  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">
            This is not a new idea.  Sounds have always told us a lot.  Take the "Car Talk" guys, </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_cartalk_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">
Berger has been working with cancer researchers and mathematicians on non-invasive ways to detect cancer.  </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">Essentially, he's creating a symphony based on the information contained in the cells.  And our ears can tell the difference between a benign symphony, which is a low, pulsing beat.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_benign_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">
And then there's a tinnier, more bell-like, malignant symphony.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_cancer_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html">He makes music with them.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/programs/2008/01/12/staticTemplate.html"><DIV id="weekendamerica/2008/01/12_diameters_20080112_64_player"></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AB90C936-49B1-4EB0-9B29-0BD583A638A5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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