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One-Way Sound Walls Proven Possible

Posted by Soulskill on from the good-sound-walls-make-good-neighbors dept.

disco_tracy writes "Imagine a room where a band is playing. Neighbors can't hear the music, but if someone outside the room is talking, the musicians can hear it. The concept — a kind of one-way mirror for sound — seems imaginary, but two Italian scientists recently pushed this kind of sound manipulating technology closer to reality (abstract)."

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  1. Band... by Joce640k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a room where a band is playing. Neighbors can't hear the music, but if someone outside the room is talking, the musicians can hear it.

    They can't be a very good band if they can hear somebody talking in the next room while they're playing...

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    1. Re:Band... by Abstrackt · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine a room where a band is playing. Neighbors can't hear the music, but if someone outside the room is talking, the musicians can hear it.

      They can't be a very good band if they can hear somebody talking in the next room while they're playing...

      Do you have any idea how hard it is to find an amp for an air guitar?

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  2. Re:Huh? by Garble+Snarky · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time division multiplexing.

  3. Re:Really necessary? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or flip it around. Parents don't have to listen to kids. Kids can be scarred for life. It's a win/win! Somehow...

  4. Washington DC's been surrounded by this for years. by bareman · · Score: 5, Funny

    We can hear the idiots inside but they don't seem to be able to hear us.

  5. It could make a fun gag item... by EvilSpudBoy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Make a small cube with each wall made of this material so that sound can enter the cube but it can't get out. Next, let it fill up with sound. Take it to the airport, construction sites, concerts, etc...

    Then you leave it somewhere with a sign on it that says, "Open Me."