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Oil Firms Learn to Move an Ancient Product with New-Age Tech

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> Inspired by apps like Shazam that recognize the voices of pop stars, they figured how to distinguish the sonic signature of sand from other sounds, like flowing oil. It is interesting that the Music industry and Oil industry have a few connections through signal processing now. Andy Hildebrand, the inventor of autotune, developed it using ideas and methods imported from the oil industry[0] > What “clicked” for Hild…

If it has the same impact it had on music then the oil industry is about to die of a slow death.

Psh 808s and Heartbreak is a classic. Don’t tell me T-Pain doesn’t just make your heart soar; I know you’re lying.

/humor

Re: Oil Firms Learn to Move an Ancient Product with New-Age Tech

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> Inspired by apps like Shazam that recognize the voices of pop stars, they figured how to distinguish the sonic signature of sand from other sounds, like flowing oil. It is interesting that the Music industry and Oil industry have a few connections through signal processing now. Andy Hildebrand, the inventor of autotune, developed it using ideas and methods imported from the oil industry[0] > What “clicked” for Hild…

If it has the same impact it had on music then the oil industry is about to die of a slow death.

Let us hope you're right!
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