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A12 TECHNOLOGY
Monday 16 noveMber 2020
New device puts music in your head — no headphones required

By LOUISE DIXON perience Ramstein asked
Associated Press himself how it was different
LONDON (AP) — Imagine from other audio devices.
a world where you move "I was thinking, 'Yeah, but
around in your own person- is it the same with head-
al sound bubble. You listen phones?' No, because I
to your favorite tunes, play have the freedom and it's
loud computer games, like I have the freedom of
watch a movie or get navi- doing what I want to do.
gation directions in your And I have these sounds
car — all without disturbing playing in my head as
those around you. there would be something
That's the possibility pre- happening here, which is
sented by "sound beam- difficult to explain because
ing," a new futuristic audio we have no reference for
technology from Noveto that."
Systems, an Israeli com- While the concept of sound
pany. On Friday it will de- beaming is not new, Nove-
but a desktop device that This product image released by Noveto Systems shows the SoundBeamer which beams music and to was the first to launch
beams sound directly to a sounds straight into your head, without the need for headphones. the technology and their
listener without the need Associated Press SoundBeamer 1.0 desk-
for headphones. means it's possible to hear understand what it doesn't sound can follow a listener top device will be the first
The company provided other sounds in the room know," he said. around when they move branded consumer prod-
The Associated Press with clearly. In a Noveto demonstration their head. It's also possible uct.
an exclusive demo of the The technology uses a 3-D conducted via Zoom from to move out of the beam's Ramstein said a "smaller,
desktop prototype of its sensing module and lo- Tel Aviv, SoundBeamer path and hear nothing at sexier" version of the proto-
SoundBeamer 1.0 before its cates and tracks the ear Product Manager Ayana all, which creates a surreal type will be ready for con-
launch Friday. position sending audio via Wallwater was unable to experience. sumer release in time for
The listening sensation is ultrasonic waves to cre- hear the sound of gunshots "You don't need to tell the Christmas 2021.
straight out of a sci-fi movie. ate sound pockets by the on a gaming demo. device where you are. It's "You know, I was trying to
The 3-D sound is so close it user's ears. Sound can be That's the point. But she not streaming to one exact think how we compare
feels like it's inside your ears heard in stereo or a spatial does get to enjoy the reac- place," Wallwater said. sound beaming with any
while also in front, above 3-D mode that creates 360 tions of people trying the "It follows you wherever you other inventions in history.
and behind them. degree sound around the software for the first time. go. So it's personally for you And I think the only one
Noveto expects the device listener, the company said. "Most people just say, — follows you, plays what that came to mind is… the
will have plenty of practical The demo includes nature 'Wow, I really don't believe you want inside your head." first time I tried the iPod
uses, from allowing office video clips of swans on a it,'" she said. "This is what we dream of," I was like, 'Oh, my God.
workers to listen to music lake, bees buzzing and a "You don't believe it be- she adds. "A world where What's that?' I think sound
or conference calls with- babbling brook, where the cause it sounds like a we get the sound you beaming is something that
out interrupting colleagues listener feels completely speaker, but no one else want. You don't need to is as disruptive as that.
to letting someone play a transported into the scene. can hear it…it's supporting disturb others and others There's something to be
game, movie or music with- But even CEO Christophe you and you're in the mid- don't get disturbed by your said about it doesn't exist
out disturbing their signifi- Ramstein finds it hard dle of everything. It's hap- sound. But you can still in- before. There's the freedom
cant others. to put the concept into pening around you." teract with them." of using it. And it's really
The lack of headphones words. "The brain doesn't By changing a setting, the After his first listening ex- amazing."q

Community colleges boost internet capability through network

of other major institutions. on their own campus.” Mis- ing the coronavirus pan-
The network allows mem- sissippi State’s supercom- demic. She said MissiON is
bers to access speeds up puter is among the fastest critical for online workforce
to 100 Gigabits per second academic systems in the development training. For
(Gbps) and share virtual world. It can accomplish 5 example, the network can
resources, C Spire CEO Hu quadrillion computations a help community colleges
Meena said. second, according to the use tools like augmented
“MissiON allows students, university’s website. reality and virtual reality-
researchers and others The MissiON network began based training for front-
from Jackson State to use serving Mississippi’s four re- line healthcare workers,
A C-Spire logo looms above its corporate offices in Ridgeland, the supercomputer at Mis- search institutions and has Mayfield said. Jason Gun-
Miss., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020.
Associated Press sissippi State,” University of expanded over the years. tharp, Systems Engineer
Southern Mississippi chief Adding community col- at Itawamba Community
RIDGELAND, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Optical Net- information officer David leges will allow more than College said the school has
Mississippi’s 15 community work (MissiON), run by C Sliman said during an on- 200,000 students to access already leveraged the new
colleges are upgrading to Spire, already serves the line announcement Thurs- the network. network to host a virtual job
a fiber-based broadband University of Mississippi, Mis- day. “Likewise, MissiON al- Andrea Mayfield, execu- fair. Students were able to
network that officials say sissippi State University, the lows terabytes of oceano- tive director of the Missis- connect with employers
will allow faster internet Stennis Space Center and graphic data generated sippi Community College — including those in other
speeds and more collabo- the U.S. Army Corp of En- by USM and Stennis Space Board, said the transition states — through video
ration with other institutions gineers’ Engineering Re- Center to be accessed di- to the MissiON network will conferencing where they
of higher learning and re- search and Development rectly by individuals at Ole help with expanded dis- could tour the employers’
search in the state. Center, as well as a number Miss as if the data resides tance learning needs dur- headquarters.q