One-Way Sound Walls Proven Possible 177
disco_tracy writes "Imagine a room where a band is playing. Neighbors can't hear the music, but if someone outside the room is talking, the musicians can hear it. The concept — a kind of one-way mirror for sound — seems imaginary, but two Italian scientists recently pushed this kind of sound manipulating technology closer to reality (abstract)."
Really necessary? (Score:4, Insightful)
What's wrong with an ordinary soundproof wall with a microphone on one side and a speaker on the other?
Re:Really necessary? (Score:5, Insightful)
Where would we be if people were happy with what they had? There's probably all kinds of situations, and even new inventions, that could use this that we can't even think of at the moment.
Try to... (Score:2, Insightful)
not very obviously break the production site by dumping the entire fortune file out with every page.
World to Slashdot calling, it would like you to know about little tiny things called "testing environments". You should learn about them.
Re:Really necessary? (Score:4, Insightful)
They missed the obvious use case. Think of the Children!
Parents can hear kiddie outside when he wants a cookie, but kiddie can't hear the grownup sounds inside the bedroom.
This makes for (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Uses (Score:4, Insightful)