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I worked for an architectural photographer that did a shoot in the late 80's at the corporate headquarters of Hasbro - somewhere in Massachusets. The office was a huge open space with standard office cubicles. It had a noise reduction system that was made by Bolt Beranek & Newman. You could stand about 30 feet away from another person and yell at them - and could barely make out what they said. Doesn't sound very spectacular - but it was one of the strangest acoustic experiences I have had.<br>
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<p style="color: #a0a0a0;">On Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Steven Ricks wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div>I like this . . . perhaps one could take the Bose headphone noise canceling technology and create something . . . I'm imagining it in the hands of someone with a lot of funding and creating a sort of giant silence-projecting ray gun . . . then if one could apply filtering to this concept, canceling out only certain frequencies . . . anyone have contacts at Bose r&d?<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 10:07 AM, David Powers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cyborgk@gmail.com">cyborgk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><div>
A little food for thought:<br>
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Do we not suffer from too much noise in our cities already? At least<br>
in Chicago, I am subjected to large amounts of unwanted noise, whether<br>
it is the dangerously loud sound of elevated trains, or the unwanted<br>
(and almosty always terrible) background music that plays incessantly<br>
indoors everywhere one goes.<br>
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So I suggest that the ultimate sonic intervention would not create<br>
noise, but SUBTRACT noise--creating an unexpected pocket of silence in<br>
the midst of the city would be fantastic, in my opinion.<br>
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On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 4:42 AM, Bernhard Living <<a href="mailto:mumixer@me.com">mumixer@me.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Dear Hans,<br>
> This is a very beautiful and effective installation, and as you said, the<br>
> sound of the card was able to cut through the background noise of the<br>
> traffic. Graffiti art has always had a slightly ‘naughty’ if not illegal<br>
> aspect to it. It’s also fairly low cost (the price of a spray can). Your<br>
> sound intervention certainly fits into that way of doing things.<br>
> Regards,<br>
> Bernhard<br>
> On 16 Feb 2011, at 10:03, hans w. koch wrote:<br>
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