OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/20873/Speakers_to_Get_Invisibility_Cloaks Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 19 May 2013 19:59:05 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Great idea for laptops http://www.osnews.com/thread?346039 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346039 Laptop speakers suck, generally speaking, so I don't think the bar would be that high to improve on the quality. I hope this technology lives up to its promise. I wonder how different the power consumption is on one of these vs the electromagnet-type speaker? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (David) Comments yes!! http://www.osnews.com/thread?346040 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346040 anything to reduce the number of things on my desk!!

where do i sign? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (pixel8r) Comments One small question http://www.osnews.com/thread?346043 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346043 Can it be combined with touchscreen? Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (dvhh) Comments Sounds great. http://www.osnews.com/thread?346044 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346044 Sounds great, but I wonder how well this meshes with the budding trend toward touch screens?

Edit: Jinx, you owe me a cokeEdited 2009-01-29 04:17 UTC Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tux68) Comments This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346046 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346046 This produces mono sound, right? Or at least, each membrane is one speaker, so if you have a membrane on a monitor, it'll be mono. This is certainly useful, but it won't replace my desktop speakers. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (iain.dalton) Comments RE: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346055 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346055
This produces mono sound, right? Or at least, each membrane is one speaker, so if you have a membrane on a monitor, it'll be mono.

True, but why not just have two of them on the monitor, one per channel? It wouldn't give you maximum stereo separation, but you're not going to have that from monitor speakers anyway.
I agree this may not replace desktop speakers, but it sure would be awesome to have in a netbook or other laptop. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:11:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments RE[2]: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346056 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346056 Well, to have two speakers, or membranes, you'd have to have one covering your screen's left half and another its right. A seam would show in the middle. Also, I don't know how this works, so you might need those motors on all four sides of each membrane.Edited 2009-01-29 08:17 UTC Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:16:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (iain.dalton) Comments RE: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346071 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346071 Hi,

This produces mono sound, right? Or at least, each membrane is one speaker, so if you have a membrane on a monitor, it'll be mono. This is certainly useful, but it won't replace my desktop speakers.


I'm thinking that a large plane like that wouldn't be too good for high frequency sounds, but might be perfect for low frequency sounds.

I'm thinking small tweeters on the left/right, smallish midrange electromagnetic speakers on the left/right, and one bass speaker built into the LCD screen.


Cheers,

Brendan Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Brendan) Comments RE: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346076 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346076 Dual-screen laptops are just around the corner - do I smell a match made in heaven? :-) Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:15:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (3rdalbum) Comments RE[2]: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346078 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346078 So to get proper stereo sound you would sort of have to look in the middle between the two screens? ;) Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Soulbender) Comments RE[3]: This is mono, right? http://www.osnews.com/thread?346110 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346110 No, No, No...

You look at the middle screen. You just need 2 17" screens for the left and right tweeter plus your main 23" screen for the subwoofer.

Think of it this way; for home audio you could purchase "Picture Frames" with build in speakers (you'll need to supply your own artwork) which you would then locate around the room for surround sound. The Big Screen TV becomes the subwoofer. I don't see any issues with this setup.

Anything is better then the tinny mono speaker found in most laptops.

PS: This can't be used with a touchscreen. (It could but touching the screen would mute the sound). Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (JPowers) Comments This is stereo, no extra or split screen needed... http://www.osnews.com/thread?346154 http://www.osnews.com/thread?346154 From this article
http://www.designnews.com/article/162563-Screening_Emo_Labs_New_Spe...

"On either end, piezo actuators tug on the membrane at an extremely fast rate to create terrific (my words ... I heard it) stereo sound. The left speaker is on that side of the membrane while the other side houses the right side speaker (remember, the membrane is the speaker. There are no speaker speakers, if you will)."

Obviously not as good as speakers placed all over a room, but just as good or better than regular speakers attached to the side of the monitor. Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (shmzr) Comments