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Screen on bubble soap
New technology

Screen on bubble soap

Audiences may soon see films on soap bubbles, after researchers develop image-to-screen technology made from bubble film. A group of international experts used sound wav…

December 11, 2018
Technology can help buildings resist earthquakes
New technology

Technology can help buildings resist earthquakes

Mathematicians at the University of Manchester (UK) say the 'elastic waves' of earthquakes can be diverted around an object, similar to the way waves move in rec…

December 11, 2018
Device to adjust sound in the direction
New technology

Device to adjust sound in the direction

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA, have successfully built the first audio diode device, a device that adjusts sound waves in one dire…

December 11, 2018
Method of road quality appraisal by sound waves
New technology

Method of road quality appraisal by sound waves

Each year, Europe spends billions of euros to build and repair roads. People are making constant efforts to minimize the cost of road construction by developing more opt…

December 11, 2018
Avoid annoying noise with sound insulation
New technology

Avoid annoying noise with sound insulation

Scientists in Spain have proven that metamaterials - materials with unusual artificial structures - can be designed to make a sound barrier that causes sound waves not t…

December 11, 2018