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I don’t think active noise cancellation can work like you are hoping. Active noise cancellation works for a target location (your ear’s location) not for a gene
by jrpt 3y ago
I don’t think active noise cancellation can work like you are hoping. Active noise cancellation works for a target location (your ear’s location) not for a general area. It works by wave superposition cancelling out the wave for the target location. But the waves won’t cancel at any other location.
I think you want something more like metamaterials that can be put on walls for homes and offices. Like https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/new-material-acts-like-giant-mute-button-180971848/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/new-material-acts-...
- lazypenguin 3y agoMeta materials look very cool, thanks for sharing!
- phreeza 3y agoIt can work like that in principle, if you have several microphones and emitters, though most practical implementations do focus on canceling at a certain point in space, as you mention.