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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. Really necessary? by jspenguin1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What's wrong with an ordinary soundproof wall with a microphone on one side and a speaker on the other?

    1. Re:Really necessary? by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Where would we be if people were happy with what they had? There's probably all kinds of situations, and even new inventions, that could use this that we can't even think of at the moment.

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    2. Re:Really necessary? by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Insightful

      They missed the obvious use case. Think of the Children!

      Parents can hear kiddie outside when he wants a cookie, but kiddie can't hear the grownup sounds inside the bedroom.

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  2. This makes for by twentynine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a better masturbation chamber...

  3. Re:Uses by wiedzmin · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Also submarines.

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