Sound diffusers based on acoustic metasurfaces can be one order of magnitude thinner than conventional diffusers while retaining comparable performance, Yun Jing and colleagues report in Physical ...

The device, created by technologists from North Carolina State University, also promises to require less material. This leads to a reduced cost as well as taking up far less space than diffusers ...

In places such as recording studios, movie theaters or concert halls, the walls are covered in panels that minimize echoes by scattering sound waves. Known as sound diffusers, they tend to be quite ...

The new, 'ultra-thin' sound diffuser is 10 times thinner than the widely used diffusers found in recording studios, concert venues and movie theaters to reduce echoes and improve the quality of sound.

Researchers in China and the US have developed an ultra-thin sound diffuser that is 10 times thinner than diffusers used extensively to reduce echoes and improve sound quality. The new design ...

December 2007–Sound reproduction specialist Bowers & Wilkins has developed a new Spiral Diffuser tube that will help vehicle manufacturers increase sound system performance within the current and ...

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You may remember sound diffusers from your high school band practice—maybe you put egg cartons on the wall, or randomly chopped up blocks of foam. In any case, muffling sound usually doesn't look ...

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a device that is a first step to enabling noninvasive, ultrasound-based therapies for the brain. For example, ultrasound ...