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

Posted by timothy on from the need-a-better-cone-of-silence dept.

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."

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  1. Why would you do this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought we were trying to figure out how to keep sound from coming through the wall, not help it!