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Music Cage – Let Your Tunes be as Wire-Free as a Bird [Nendo Design]

by Jay Garrett on November 11, 2009

NendoThis is one of those beautifully simple designs.

The Music Cage comes courtesy of the Japanese brand Nendo.

Music Cage is a wireless speaker that allows you to listen to music from a computer or Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone without having to run cables to it.

In fact the only cable it does need is the one to power it. Even then you can ceiling mount it or just run it from your wall socket.

There’s even a stand designed to compliment it.

I reckon these are ideal for anyone with a conservatory or owns an old house where technology can look more than a little out of place. Just play some bird-song recordings and no-one would know that you are listening to it coming from a bluetooth enabled speaker :)

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UK Flat Flexible Loudspeakers (FFL) To Bring Clarity to Train Announcements

by Jay G on April 6, 2009

fffNope – I’m not about to start rambling on about a new development in oven-ready meals that utilises a funky tin foil interface.

That bit of foil is the future of public address speakers.

Soon, hopefully, announcements on train platforms and other public places will become crystal clear instead of that mumbling annoyance that we currently have to try and work out.

This speaker tech is under development at the University of Warwick,

The FFL (“Flat Flexible Loudspeaker”) speakers are actually a thin laminate of conducting and insulating material that resonate when electricity is passed through them.

The great sound is the result of the entire surface creating sound in phase at once, which allows it to produce highly directional audio.

These FFL speakers could be built into anything, bus stops, road signs, advertising posters, and the list goes on.

Is it all it’s cracked up to be?

Well, the first commercial FFL product goes on sale later this year.

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