From technabob:

Fils Sound Film is a flexible, light transparent sound technology which can be used to create speakers pretty much anywhere you’d ever want. The speakers are actually […] piezoelectric film which can produce sound waves when electrical current is applied. Sound quality isn’t stellar, since the low-end drops out at 200Hz, but the highs range all the way to 25kHz.

Hello everyone, the future is here, and it has no low end.

(via technabob)

Nissan sound engineers have announced that the Leaf electric car set for release next year will emit a “beautiful and futuristic” noise similar to the sound of flying cars — or “spinners” — that buzz around 2019 Los Angeles in Ridley Scott’s dystopian thriller based on a Philip K. Dick science fiction novel.

I agree with other thoughts on this I’ve heard:

1. Awesome!

2. Someone is going to hack this and make custom sounds.

3. Maybe it’s just time to get used to cars that are quiet when going slowly.

(via Los Angeles Times)

Sonic Black Hole Traps Sound Waves

A black hole created by Israeli scientists won’t destroy Earth, but it could make our planet just a little bit less noisy. Using Bose-Einstein condensates, the scientists created a black hole for sound.

(via kottke)