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Highlights from the International Congress on Acoustics

Selections from the acoustics meeting include personal listening zones in cars and how skull size affects music tastes, presented June 2-7 in Montreal

Audio zones in cars

By installing a set of modified speakers next to a car’s headrests and using a program to tweak sound in the front and the rear, researchers could create distinct listening zones. ~~ Courtesy of Jordan Cheer

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Highlights from the International Congress on Acoustics

Selections from the acoustics meeting include personal listening zones in cars and how skull size affects music tastes, presented June 2-7 in Montreal

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