The glorious sound of silence: Researchers have developed the 'world's first spatial active noise cancellation', which uses the power of a GPU to deaden whole rooms

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Modern life can be pretty stressful at times, and it's not helped by the fact that there is so much noise around us, all the time. From packed office spaces, roads clogged with vehicles, and public areas overflowing with people, finding silence to think and refresh isn't easy. Researchers in Japan believe they have cracked the problem, though, by developing a GPU-powered active noise cancellation system that's powerful enough to calm an entire room.

That's according to NTT Laboratories, as reported by PC Watch. It claims to have developed the "world's first spatial active noise control (spatial ANC) technology." Active noise cancellation (ANC) certainly isn't new, and many readers will probably own a gaming headset that sports the feature.