• RonSwanson@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As a swede who wanted to look up more about these Swedish researchers, it was hilarious to me that they were actually Swiss. Then I looked up the article’s author and apparently she’s German. Seriously thought only North America got Sweden and Switzerland mixed up.

    What a bad article.

  • QZM@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That last neighbor bit.

    Editor: remember, you need to have a statement about negatives or limitations, can’t have only positives.

    Writer: uhh you got it, boss, I’m sure I can think of something.

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    1 year ago

    “3cm thick material” “Cancelled 20-2000 hz”

    Idk that seems like some bad limitation. Active noise cancelling can already cancel low tones pretty well and fits in earbuds.

  • r3xus@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This would be revolutionary and I’m not just talking about headphones, think about situations like having a snoring partner or a construction site nearby. I can imagine how a business like “earplugs with ionised noise cancellation” emerges and becomes very successful.

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    1 year ago

    If those work as well as the article claims, I look forward to owning a pair.

    Wonder if they can get the tech small enough to put inside earplugs?