• Autumn updates on CHORAS

    Autumn updates on CHORAS

    CHORAS is a web-based user interface that allows users to run open-source acoustic simulation methods directly in the browser. It brings multiple open-source acoustic simulation software together in one place — making your (and others’) open-source room acoustics methods accessible through a unified UI. Whether you’re a student, researcher, consultant, material manufacturer, developer, or simply acoustics-curious, CHORAS…

  • “Open science is not a bonus, but the essence of good research”

    “Open science is not a bonus, but the essence of good research”

    Discover here more about the vision of Building Acoustics group member Maarten (or click on image).

  • Universiteit van Nederland video on Noise-Cancelling with Silvin Willemsen

    Universiteit van Nederland video on Noise-Cancelling with Silvin Willemsen

    In a world full of noise, we increasingly look for peace and quiet. Noise-cancelling headphones seem to be the perfect solution: at the touch of a button, all ambient noise disappears. But how does this magic actually work, and is it healthy to constantly cut yourself off from the world? Silvin Willemsen, explains how all…

  • Podcast on Echolocation

    Podcast on Echolocation

    The Universiteit van Nederland is an online platform where scientists share the most exciting insights from their field through short lectures for a wide audience. A podcast is now available at Universiteit van Nederland, in which Maarten talks about the capability of blind to ‘see’ via their ears through human echolocation. Listen to the podcast…

  • Maarten in Podcast

    Maarten in Podcast

    Maarten has been interviewed by Lieven Scheire about his work in the Building Acoustics research group. This long interview (45 mins) is available as episode #15 of the Eindhoven University of Technology podcast series sound of science. The interview (in Dutch can be found here).

  • Virtual Acoustics @DDW

    Virtual Acoustics @DDW

    The Building Acoustics is present at the Dutch Design Week 2019 (19-27 October) in Eindhoven with a Virtual Acoustics demo. You can listen to your own voice in real-time in virtual environments with high realism. Read more about our story here and visit us. The entrance is free.

  • ‘De Monitor’ TV broadcast

    ‘De Monitor’ TV broadcast

    Maarten was asked in the Dutch TV documentary series ‘De Monitor’ about his opinion on citizen science initiatives related to to excessive noise in the Netherlands. The broadcast can be seen here.

  • Interview on virtual acoustics research

    Interview on virtual acoustics research

    The national public radio was interested in our research collaboration with Oculus and interviewed me at 24 April 2018. The interview (in Dutch) can be found here.

  • Human Echolocation

    Human Echolocation

    At 19 October 2017, the Dutch TV program paid attention to our research on human echolocation. Our latest publications on human echolocation related to this movie fragment are the papers J34 and J36 in Journal Publications