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MP3 - How does your iPod work? Michael McCarthy, WIT

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When we think of MP3's, maths is not immediately what comes to mind. However, did you know that the trigonometry we learn in Leaving Certificate maths is used to make MP3’s?

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  • Munster
  • Senior Cycle students
When Oct 12, 2009
from 12:15 PM to 01:15 PM
Where Waterford Institute of Technology
Contact Name Eleanor Reade
Contact Phone 051 302037
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When we think of MP3's, maths is not immediately what comes to mind. However, did you know that the trigonometry we learn in Leaving Certificate maths is used to make MP3’s? This talk presents how digital sound is represented in a computer (MP3 player or iPod).MP3's are actually compressed sound files, compressed using trigonometry. Without this approach, Digital Radio, iTunes, Torrent, etc, would not be commercially viable.

 

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