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07.26.08

Secret Bass

The real reason Sony’s new mini speakers are so powerful
By Mike Kobrin Posted 06.05.2008 at 2:50 pm 2 Comments

Sony’s petite SRS-ZX1 computer speakers produce outsize bass for their dimensions (7.5 by 3.1 by 7 inches). But the company’s press release had us stumped. It said that the speakers amplify low tones by directing sound along a Möbius strip, a flat strip twisted 180 degrees and joined at the ends. One problem: A Möbius strip is a two-dimensional closed loop. How would sound get in or out?

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MegaGoods 3.0

From waterproof iPods to geo-tagging cameras to LED flashlights--a season's worth of lust-worthy goods.
By Posted 05.10.2007 at 2:00 am 0 Comments

PopSci presents over 90 pages of the season's hottest tech: Everything from phones, speakers and cameras to yes, even vacuums.

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