Sound

3D printed noise barrier blocks 94% of all sound passing through an open tube

The researchers have big ideas about how the material could work to make the real world quieter.

Listening to nature: How sound can help us understand environmental change

UNESCO has a 'sound charter' to promote the importance of sound in environmental health & planning.

Holographic 'acoustic tweezers' can levitate multiple different objects in 3D space

Apparently, Professor Flitwick's wasn't the only route to levitate things. Sound can do it too!

US FDA rolls out a hearing device enabling users to programme it on their own

The Bose Hearing Aid is a user-fitted wireless air conduction hearing aid, according to FDA.

Snapchat brings out a new Lens which not only responds to what its sees, but also to what it hears

Snapchat launches a new animal mask Lens that responds to sound

Do You Hear Yanny or Laurel? The Science Explained | FOMO Episode 2

Keeping our fear of missing out of what's happening at bay, our internet scout Nano enlightens us by talking about a range of different trends

Facebook testing changes in its mobile app; now autoplaying video with sound

Social media giant Facebook is testing a change in its mobile app wherein videos will automatically start with the sound turned on.

Mobile phones could now be charged using traffic noise, music, and even your voice

Sennheiser Launches Colourful Earphones: CX215 and MX365

Sennheiser's introduced two new models of earphones - CX 215 and MX 365 - in bright colours of red, orange, bronze, green, blue and brown.

Koss Q277 Earphones