Pinholes and Plastic Wrap Make Solid Walls "Transparent" To Sound

First time accepted submitter benonemusic writes "Researchers have devised a means of making sound transmit easily through rigid surfaces, including walls. The process relies on creating small holes on a wall, and covering them on one side with a thin covering made from plastic wrap."

Comments

Thank god the research is finally paying off

[Anonymous Coward]

Fantastic, now we have walls that sound like they aren't even there. What's next, ovens that are just as hot on the outside as they are on the inside?

As an apartment dweller

[sl4shd0rk]

It would be nice to use plastic wrap to make walls impenetrable by sounds of penetration.

Re:As an apartment dweller

[master5o1]

If she doesn't make a sound, you're not doing it right.

FTFY.

New NSA-Approved Building Code

[justthinkit]

New NSA-Approved Building Code

Re:New NSA-Approved Building Code

[Anonymous Coward]

I believe this building technique has already been used on my apartment building...

Finally

[ArcadeMan]

Spying gear for Bond. Amish Bond.

Re:Why would you do this

[Anonymous Coward]

How nasty could it be? That baby was all up in that not too long ago.