A room so quiet, no one can spend more than 45 minutes in it
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A room so quiet, no one can spend more than 45 minutes in it
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#2I was hoping for more science-y details. Any HN folks care to give a better explanation of what's going on here?
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#3I'm sure many people could, starting with the Deaf. I'd certainly enjoy a break from the incessant yammering of humanity.
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#4I was hoping for more science-y details. Any HN folks care to give a better explanation of what's going on here?
The room is anechoic and insulated. Anechoic means that the walls are treated to absorb all the sound waves that hit them, and not reflect them back. (Typically, anechoic surfaces are soft and cannot support much weight, so [guess] there is probably a support system to put weight bearing platforms inside.) Insulated means that sounds from outside the room are not transmitted in. A lot of concrete can take care of the high frequencies, but low frequencies often require special suspensions to keep sounds from the earth out.
The most interesting thing is the measured extent of what they've produced.
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#5I was hoping for more science-y details. Any HN folks care to give a better explanation of what's going on here?
I've been in a few before. They are used a lot for testing the RF properties of wireless products. They basically let nothing from the outside in, and allow for no reflection on the inside. Thus you can isolate the characteristics of your device from any other possible surrounding noise. I usually get a headache after being in one for awhile, but I always assumed that's because the pointy foam shit smells like fresh paint.
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#6I was hoping for more science-y details. Any HN folks care to give a better explanation of what's going on here?
The room is anechoic and insulated. Anechoic means that the walls are treated to absorb all the sound waves that hit them, and not reflect them back. (Typically, anechoic surfaces are soft and cannot support much weight, so [guess] there is probably a support system to put weight bearing platforms inside.) Insulated means that sounds from outside the room are not transmitted in. A lot of concrete can take care of the…
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Re: A room so quiet, no one can spend more than 45 minutes in it
#7Being completely deaf in one ear, I'm sure I could last 90 minutest at least. A cool article, but a bit sensationalist.
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#8I'm sure many people could, starting with the Deaf. I'd certainly enjoy a break from the incessant yammering of humanity.
I'd certainly enjoy a break from the incessant yammering of humanity.
It's not just a break from humanity, it's a break from everything (including nature, which typically fills the void when humanity is absent).
If you haven't been in a very quiet space, it becomes disorienting very quickly. The quietest space I've been in has been After about 15 minutes I wound up opening a window to let a little wind noise into the room. That raised noise levels up to about 19 dBA and was much more comfortable.
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#9I wonder what it sounds like in units of noise cancelling headphones.
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#10yes, noise is pollution. I would tax cars based on air and noise pollution and nothing else.