RE: Soundbug

[Mark Hallows <markhallows@xxxxxxx>]

Essentially the technology in soundbug had only been used prior to Soundbug
within the military... Submarine warfare I think... (big vacant smile
crosses my face as I think of what I could get up to with that budget... )
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There has been one other application that I am aware of which is within the
drilling industry as it uses a super hard format called "Terfonal
D" a
mixture of pretty rare elements one of which can only be obtained from
Mongolia.. (thats where the mine its extracted from is and china doesn't
really want to share it...) and Iron..
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t299-s2106596,00.html
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t299-s2106596,00.html>
 should tell you
most of it... Funny story... One of our old managers is now the MD of
Newlands Sc...
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It will never be High - Fi but depending on the surface used it can be
acceptable....  Large panes of glass are pretty good (harder the surface
th=
e
better) but a cushion would sound pants... and you get all the fun of
finding happy mediums in between :-)=20
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By the way... Attaching them to the bath was an excellent idea... The sound
was barely audible above water but acceptable when submerged (oh the fun of
R & D !!!) I would love to work with the technology in an industrial
comms
format but the opportunity hasn't arisen...
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Finally, the technology for Flat panel speakers of any kind including NXT
(TTBOMK) is not the same as Soundbug..
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BTW.. FYI...Blurs new album "Think Tank" listened to through
soundbug in th=
e
Bath is very cool.. :-)) Gonna try Pink Floyd Del. Sounds of thunder
Sunday.. (what an exciting life I lead) For comparitive info.. My=20
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If you go out and buy one... Enjoy... :-) they are about =A319.99 I think..
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Soundbug was fun but we have done a lot better than that.. Take a look at
http://www.pdd.co.uk <http://www.pdd.co.uk>=20=20=20
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Finally... If you use it on your windscreen.... Check out the faces of the
people on the street as your car gives them as well as you directions...
:-=
)
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Mark Hallows



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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 22 May 2003 09:58
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soundbug


Is this not the same technology that's used by many other manufacturers for
'hidden speakers' and other snazzy looking speakers made of glass etc?



Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 22 May 2003 09:44
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soundbug



This is great.=20
It always suprises me what talents we can find on this group.
Of course, for =A330 I don't expect it to be Hi-Fi, otherwise every home
would already have it.
But it's really hard to figure out what does it really sound like from
those reviews. I beleive that reviewer's expectations were much higher
then mine, but I still wander how does it really sound like. Is it like
a broken speaker with lot of rattling and hissing, or more like a cheap
transistor, mono and not perfectly clear, but understendable.
What kind of volume it can achieve?
Will this technology ever be able to e.g. replace surround speakers, by
using plasterboard wall? Will it be possible to achieve Hi-Fi quality,
if cost is not a problem?
Cheers,
Nik

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Hallows [mailto:markhallows@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 21 May 2003 14:31
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soundbug


When we designed soundbug it was as a LOW-FI gimmick using a
state-of-the-art technology not previously used outside of the
military/space industry.... Primarily it was designed with kids and
their
walkmans in mind but unfortunately the client advertised it as Hi-Fi and
all
the gadget mags slated the performance but loved the idea...=20

I am not a retailer or the manufacturer so we recieve no commision or
anything else, our job finished at the prototype...Just clearing that
up...

It is stacks of fun and as you will find if you get one, well made
indeed...
Using it to enhance the poor speaker quality of a PDA for voice Nav is
an
ideal and very practical application of 'Soundbug' sticking it to the
bath
isn't but I am intrigued so will try this evening.. :-)))

The Omnivox is indeed better but given the production cost target we
were
given thats no surprise... with a ?200 target we would have done a lot
better than the FEOnic (please allow for a little trumpet blowing.. :-))
I
think you'll agree that they are stacks of fun if you buy them in the
right
frame of mind..

Enjoy... or don't :-)

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 21 May 2003 11:46
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soundbug


According to this: http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/26/1/321.html
<http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/26/1/321.html>=20
< http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/26/1/321.html
<http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/review/26/1/321.html>
>  it
seems that sound quality is not brilliant...

-----Original Message-----
From: Ward, David [mailto:David.Ward@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 21 May 2003 11:18
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Soundbug


I'd be interested to know too.
I'd thought about attaching one or two to the bath for descrete
listening.
I suppose that the water would seriously affect the sound quality (if
there
is any...)

Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Nikola Kasic [mailto:nikola@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:57 AM
To: Home automation
Subject: [ukha_d] Soundbug


Has anyone bought soundbug (www.soundbug.biz)?

Does it really work?

Nik



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