Did You Know...
...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340231 | Method of programming a communication device and a programmable communication device In the method according to the invention the communication device has a microphone and a signal path leading from the microphone to a speaker, where the signal path comprises a programmable signal processing unit. According to the method the user is given control in... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7323629 | Real time music recognition and display system Systems and methods for performing simple and quick real time single music note recognition algorithm based on fuzzy pattern matching are disclosed. In one aspect, the systems and methods use a 256-point FFT and fuzzy pattern identification and recognition method. T... | 01/29/2008 |
| 6768045 | Practice appliance A new and improved sound reflector and a mouthpiece mount. The mouthpiece mount is secured to the sound reflector to position a mouthpiece adjacent to and generally perpendicular of the reflector. ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 4692117 | Acoustic energy, real-time spectrum analyzer Disclosed is a real-time spectrum analyzer for monitoring acoustic energy, in particular a singer's formant, comprising a microphone element for converting the energy of a singer's voice to an electrical signal, band-pass filters for filtering the signal ... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4654009 | Voice improving device The voice improving device comprises a means which generally takes the form of a soft glove-like arrangement which is mounted to depress an individual's diaphragm in a range of one to twelve and one half taps per second. Also support means which can take ... | 03/31/1987 |
