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'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones (techxplore.com)
submitted 4 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/science@mander.xyz
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[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months 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

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months 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

[–] lime@feddit.nu 3 points 3 months ago

speakers in airplane seats!

[–] juli@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

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

[–] sramder@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months 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!