Microsoft has built worlds most quiet anechoic chamber

[thewas]

Inside the quietest place on Earth

Microsoft has built a chamber so quiet, you can hear the grind of your bones – and it’s helping to fine-tune the next-generation of electronic goods.

www.bbc.com

 

[fpitas]

Interesting. I've always enjoyed work in anechoic chambers. I hate extraneous noises.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Inside the quietest place on Earth

Microsoft has built a chamber so quiet, you can hear the grind of your bones – and it’s helping to fine-tune the next-generation of electronic goods.

www.bbc.com

The writer says "The limit of human hearing is thought to be around 0 decibels,...."
Lame. As far as I know, it was defined to be 0dB @1KHz and, of course, is different at other frequencies.

 

[Multicore]

Interesting. I've always enjoyed work in anechoic chambers. I hate extraneous noises.

Doesn't it really bring the tinnitus into focus?

 

[OldHvyMec]

I expect you will hear thing you have never heard. Your heartbeat will be pretty irritating. Not to mention a leaky heart valve. Wet shoes comes to mind.
Don't get me gong on the gastro intestinal noises. Romp! LOL

 

[fpitas]

I expect you will hear thing you have never heard. Your heartbeat will be pretty irritating. Not to mention a leaky heart valve. Wet shoes comes to mind.
Don't get me gong on the gastro intestinal noises. Romp! LOL

Some people do get worked up. Never understood that, but I'm used to very quiet conditions.

 

[fpitas]

Doesn't it really bring the tinnitus into focus?

I've never noticed that. Next time I'm in one though, I bet I will! Lol

 

[sarumbear]

Interesting. I've always enjoyed work in anechoic chambers. I hate extraneous noises.

You enjoyed staying in anechoic chamber? What work do you do in there?

 

[thewas]

The writer says "The limit of human hearing is thought to be around 0 decibels,...."
Lame. As far as I know, it was defined to be 0dB @1KHz and, of course, is different at other frequencies.

We shouldn't forget it is an article addressed to the wide public, such secondary details while correct would possibly not be helpful but only blow it up.

 

[Doodski]

Interesting. I've always enjoyed work in anechoic chambers. I hate extraneous noises.

I did some cave exploration when I was young adventurous and maybe a bit dumb and it was so quiet...

 

[Kal Rubinson]

We shouldn't forget it is an article addressed to the wide public, such secondary details while correct would possibly not be helpful but only blow it up.

Sure but, while it is OK to elide over complications, it is not OK to be misleading. 0dB is defined by a relationship to something and, in this case, it was defined by relating it to the threshold of human hearing (@ 1KHz). This indicates the writer is not really comfortable with the topic.

 

[amirm]

The article is from 2017 and this is an old project. Don't see how they ever justified spending so much money for this as Microsoft has little need for such a space.

 

[thewas]

Sure but, while it is OK to elide over complications, it is not OK to be misleading. 0dB is defined by a relationship to something and, in this case, it was defined by relating it to the threshold of human hearing (@ 1KHz). This indicates the writer is not really comfortable with the topic.

Well he didn't write the detail about the 1 kHz in article addressed to the general public, personally I wouldn't call such misleading which often has a purposeful taste but rather (over-)simplifying. Anyway it seems the writer is an ex-biochemist which reports generally about science related topics which is ok in such a general publication, I am not even sure if the writings of many specialised scientists would be more readable and understandable by the target audience.

 

[Kal Rubinson]

Well he didn't write the detail about the 1 kHz in article addressed to the general public, personally I wouldn't call such misleading which often has a purposeful taste but rather (over-)simplifying. Anyway it seems the writer is an ex-biochemist which reports generally about science related topics which is ok in such a general publication, I am not even sure if the writings of many specialised scientists would be more readable and understandable by the target audience.

OK. I am sensitive to such matters after years of writing scientific texts and trying to navigate the line between a true statement and an unnecessarily sophisticated one.

 

[anmpr1]

Microsoft uses it for audio equipment such as microphones, receivers, headphones and speakers, or to analyze clicks and hums from computing devices like keyboards, mice, fans and backlight modules on touch panels and displays.

Practical use? I can imagine Gates having to have sent Steve 'high wattage' Ballmer into isolation every now and then, in order to keep him from blowing up.

Anyhow, I'm sure now that they've got the silence thing down, they are feverishly working 24/7 on restoring the context menus they mucked up in Win 11, and allowing for moving the taskbar to the left side without the use of a third party registry hack.

 

[thewas]

OK. I am sensitive to such matters after years of writing scientific texts and trying to navigate the line between a true statement and an unnecessarily sophisticated one.

Am sure and appreciate your articles in Stereophile that also has though similar scientific inaccuracies which is ok though as it is also not a scientific publication.

 

[Tom C]

Am sure and appreciate your articles in Stereophile that also has though similar scientific inaccuracies which is ok though as it is also not a scientific publication.

???
I doubt the statement to which you reply has anything remotely to do with Stereophile.
I’m just sayin’

 

[Sokel]

That would be my version of hell,last time I've been in a dead space (far-far noisier than that obviously) I felt like there was something going wrong with me,I had to escape.

 

[thewas]

???
I doubt the statement to which you reply has anything remotely to do with Stereophile.
I’m just sayin’

Trust me it is, but as said it is absolutely ok as its a hobby magazine and not a scientific journal.

 

[KxDx]

Practical use? I can imagine Gates having to have sent Steve 'high wattage' Ballmer into isolation every now and then, in order to keep him from blowing up.

Anyhow, I'm sure now that they've got the silence thing down, they are feverishly working 24/7 on restoring the context menus they mucked up in Win 11, and allowing for moving the taskbar to the left side without the use of a third party registry hack.


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