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'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones (techxplore.com)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Cool tech, but it kind of seems like a solution looking for a problem

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd like a way to be able to listen/watch something as loud as I want without worrying about waking anybody or having to wear headphones...I'm up pretty late lmao

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I get that lol I'm tip-toeing around right now

I guess you could wall-mount an array and aim it with lidar and facial recognition or a little QR sticker on your forehead

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

speakers in airplane seats!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Looks like something a religion could exploit to make people hear "godly" things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah… pretty sure that was in the documentary Real Genius.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Didn’t Fry’s in Sunnyvale have a bunch of these… probably not with metasurface technology though… I bet this will work much better!