Hyundai says its new active cancelling system cuts road noise by half
Hyundai is claiming a "world first" with its "road noise active noise control system," which uses sound piped through a car's speakers to negate road surface noise as well as engine noise for a...
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Review: Kokoon EEG headphones target the sleepless – just don't roll over
If you prefer falling asleep to some kind of audio accompaniment, you have probably had the jarring experience of waking up in the middle of the night with an earbud jamming into your ear, or some...
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Review: Sony's flagship noise-canceling headphones just got even better
Sony and Bose have been slugging it out at the top of the Active Noise Canceling (ANC) headphone heap for a few years now. Sony cemented its position as a leader in the space with the release of the...
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Female tree frogs found to use their lungs for noise cancellation
A number of hearing aids are now able to amplify one person's voice while filtering out distracting background voices. Well, it turns out that female tree frogs are able to perform a similar task, in...
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Shape-memory alloy component could make for quieter aircraft landings
Although an airliner's engines may be quite loud on takeoff, its wings also create a lot of wind noise when it's landing. According to a new study, the latter problem could be addressed with the...
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Fin-lined nozzles could greatly reduce jet engine noise
Whatever other qualities they may possess, jet fighters are not known for their quiet engines. They could soon become considerably less noisy without any loss in performance, though, thanks to a...
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QuietOn 3 review: The world's smallest ANC earbuds for side sleepers
QuietOn's latest set of active noise-cancelling sleep earbuds are absolutely tiny, suitable for side-sleepers and extremely simple to use – although there's a couple of odd design decisions here. I've...
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Focal takes aim at travel noise with premium wireless ANC headphones
French high-end audio brand Focal has unveiled its first pair of wireless ANC headphones in the shape of the oddly-named Bathys. The eye-catching cans come with proprietary drivers, boast two optimized...
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Silence may not be deafening, but researchers say we can hear it
Nearly 60 years after American folk duo Simon & Garfunkel sang their dangerously earworm-y tune “The Sound of Silence,” a team of researchers has resurrected the age-old question as to whether the...
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"Semantic hearing" headphone tech keeps certain sounds from being blocked
Noise-cancelling headphones are great for blocking out the loud talkers and chaotic coffee shops of the world, but what if there are certain sounds that you want to hear? That's where the experimental...
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