Fraunhofer Institute Developing Noise Cancelling Windows

Thilo Bein and a team of engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability have developed noise canceling windows. Windows transfer noise because they vibrate like a speaker cone, by controlling the vibration, Bein and pals have been able to reduce sounds at 90-100 decibels by about 50% percent. Bein used small patches made of a ceramic piezoelectric compound, which senses “incoming...

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Ultra To Exit eMusic

Ultra will sever relations with eMusic due to modification to their payment schedule to record labels. The departure follows Victory Records, which left recently over the same issue. Several other labels in the eMusic family are rumored to be bailing as well. Further action inside the online retailers reveals that the labels may have something to gripe about. Ray Farrell, part of the original “cuddly” label development...

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