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Jiaxin Zhong, Postdoctoral Researcher in Acoustics, Penn State

Researchers created sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd

For your ears only. Cinefootage Visuals/iStock via Getty Images Plus

What if you could listen to music or a podcast without headphones or earbuds and without disturbing anyone around you? Or have a private conversation in public without other people hearing you?

Our newly published research introduces a way to create audible enclaves – localized pockets of sound that are isolated from their surroundings. In other words, we’ve developed a technology that could create sound exactly where it needs to be.

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