Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Jun
21
2018
I was near someone who was listening to headphones. Not earbuds, but full headphones. And I could hear his music fairly well, even though I didn’t want to.
And that got me thinking.
Why don’t they make noise-canceling headphones which the mechanism turned around? In other words, instead of cancelling the outside noises for the headphone wearer, have the headphones cancel the noise they’re making to the outside world.
You may be trying to answer that question literally, and your answer is probably “because no consumer would pay for that feature”. If someone could find a way to market and sell that, the world would be a better place.
When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli.
1 Samuel 4:14
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