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  2. Noise-cancelling headphones - Wikipedia

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    Noise -cancelling headphones alongside a carry case. Noise-cancelling headphones are headphones which suppress unwanted ambient sounds using active noise control. This is distinct from passive headphones which, if they reduce ambient sounds at all, use techniques such as soundproofing . Noise cancellation makes it possible to listen to audio ...

  3. Active noise control - Wikipedia

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    Noise control is an active or passive means of reducing sound emissions, often for personal comfort, environmental considerations, or legal compliance. Active noise control is sound reduction using a power source. Passive noise control is sound reduction by noise-isolating materials such as insulation, sound-absorbing tiles, or a muffler rather ...

  4. Light switch - Wikipedia

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    Vintage push-button light switches. The push-button light switch has two buttons: one that closes the contacts and one that opens the contacts. Pushing the raised button opens or closes the contacts and pops out the previously depressed button so the process can be reversed. In the U.S., the buttons were commonly black; the "on" button ...

  5. Sonoluminescence - Wikipedia

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    Sonoluminescence. Sonoluminescence is the emission of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound. Sonoluminescence was first discovered in 1934 at the University of Cologne. It occurs when a sound wave of sufficient intensity induces a gaseous cavity within a liquid to collapse quickly, emitting a burst of light.

  6. No room for privacy: How Airbnb fails to protect guests from ...

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    Wyzynajtys said Airbnb was “totally just negligent or didn’t care about it at all.” The next day, Wyzynajtys contacted law enforcement. Police obtained a search warrant and raided Allee’s ...

  7. Reed switch - Wikipedia

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    When the magnetic field is removed, the contacts in the reed switch return to their original position. The "reed" is the metal part inside the reed switch envelope that is relatively thin and wide to make it flexible, resembling the reed of a musical instrument. The term "reed" may also include the external wire lead as well as the internal part.

  8. Tone control circuit - Wikipedia

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    A tone control circuit is an electronic circuit that consists of a network of filters which modify the signal before it is fed to speakers, headphones or recording devices by way of an amplifier. Tone controls are found on many sound systems: radios, portable music players, boomboxes, public address systems, and musical instrument amplifiers .

  9. Should you stretch before exercise? After? Never? Here’s what ...

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    Don't do it if it hurts. After exercise, “light stretching is OK, as long as you don't reach a point where you're feeling pain,” Behm said. Since your muscles will be warm by that point ...