3D Soundscape for the Visually Impaired

Sheep invade Madrid, Japan's whiskey win, One World Trade Center opens and more in our weekly look at the web

This week Microsoft and London-based urban innovation research firm Future Cities Catapult released the first installment of their Cities Unlocked program, which aims to make urban areas more accessible for the visually impaired. The specially designed headset creates a 3D soundscape for the wearer, giving environmental and organizational information via jaw bone contact vibration. If a user is headed to a particular store and the …

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T-Pain without Auto-Tune, BenZel with Juicy J and Cashmere Cat, Glass Candy's Halloween and more in the music we Tweeted this week

The Golden Filter: Kill Me (John Talabot Remix) NYC electronic music duo The Golden Filter’s song “Kill Me” causes shivers with vocals veiled in reverb and eerie, bare synths (with an even more disturbing music video depicting a mother’s overboard obsession with her son—a metaphor for unhealthy, deceitful relationships). Spanish DJ and producer John Talabot makes the dark tune more danceable, with a hypnotizing, wavering …

The Golden Filter: Kill Me (John Talabot Remix)

T-Pain without Auto-Tune, BenZel with Juicy J and Cashmere Cat, Glass Candy's Halloween and more in the music we Tweeted this week

NYC electronic music duo The Golden Filter’s song “Kill Me” causes shivers with vocals veiled in reverb and eerie, bare synths (with an even more disturbing music video depicting a mother’s overboard obsession with her son—a metaphor for unhealthy, deceitful relationships). Spanish DJ and producer John Talabot makes the dark tune more danceable, with a hypnotizing, wavering synth melody as its backbone, but preserving its …