Developed Paper Thin Speaker [Video]

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have succeeded in developing a product that will usher in a new era in audio technologies. Engineers, who managed to get rid of the thick structure of today’s speakers, managed to develop a speaker that looks like two-dimensional, only when paper is left.

The speaker developed by scientists is also flexible enough to allow covering large objects such as cars and even the walls of your house. In this way, any sound heard with a speaker that covers all surfaces can spread completely around the person. However, the speaker also offers different advantages.

It can be used not only as a sound system, but also for sound insulation

According to the statement, these paper-thick speakers can also be used for noise canceling. Noise canceling can be achieved by placing the speaker in a system equipped with some microphones.

As you know, the speakers we are currently using create sound with vibrations in a single, large diaphragm. Since a wall-sized speaker would vibrate as if there was an earthquake, the scientists chose to use small, multiple diaphragms, such as pixels on a camera sensor, rather than a single, large diaphragm when creating the thin and flexible speaker for sound. In this way, it is possible to produce sound without sacrificing sound quality and without making the environment vibrate.

Engineers also demonstrated the audio performance and refinement of their new speakers by releasing a video. The sound quality of the speakers is of course not at a good level as it is a new technology as heard from the video. However, with the development of technology, we may live in the future when we will not see speakers physically.

Video of paper-thin speaker