Cars honk, then screech and crash. People yakking on their phone, announcing to the world their grumbles. The dude in the next cubicle blasting his techno remix as you struggle to do that math problem, or complete that last summary for your thesis. Noise can be a hell of a problem, in this busy world we live in, ain't it?
Now, there's some respite. And it would probably be cheaper than the $100,000 you spend annually on your sabbatical to the middle of the rainforest.
Some cool dude invented an Iphone application called the SoundCurtain. Instead of trying to block out all unwanted sounds, what the app does is to convert the noises into beautiful music. Kinda like an ugly duckling into Prince Charming. Or something like that.
The app uses the microphone on the Iphone headset to 'listen' to noise and then using advanced algorithms, converts it to soothing and ambient music. Cool, don't cha think?
That kid screaming at the top of his voice could sound just like a cat meowing or those aunties gossiping in loud and audible whispers, could merely sound like the waves gently crashing at the beach. Or a million birds chirping with water cascading behind.
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