…now that I have moved into a house far away from neighbors!

Anyone who has lived in a townhome, condominium or apartment has probably had the same problem as me when they lived in one…noisy neighbors! Personally, I hated tip-toeing around so that I didn’t annoy others and was really annoyed myself when I couldn’t set up a surround system for fear of playing it too loud.

Dr. Sanchez-Dehesa of the Polytechnic University of Valencia has developed a sound shield or “cloak of silence” that makes objects impervious to sound waves. They have created “sonic crystals” which are a meta-material which can be engineered to produce specific acoustical effects. These would then be able to channel any sound around an object, like water flowing around a rock in a stream.

The research builds on work by scientists from Duke University in North Carolina, US, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Naturally, a more useful purpose for the mainstream would be for concert halls or stealth warships, but I much prefer the quiet I would get from not hearing neighbors!

Article -Cloak of Silence-

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