Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the nonstop construction around his 11 homes

Billionaire Mark Zuckerberg has been rankling his neighbors in Palo Alto as he works on expanding and modifying the 11 homes ...

Homes jump in value if they’re located near highway sound barriers: study

Silence really is golden — and homeowners are willing to pay more for it. Specifically, when traffic noise fades, home values ...
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The British jet that broke the sound barrier by mistake

In the early hours of July 5, 1955, a bulky prototype interceptor drifted through the night skies over southern England. The Gloster Javelin was never meant to be fast. Large, heavy, and designed for ...
Wall Street Journal

Quieter Streets Linked to Increase in Home Prices

How much more money are homeowners willing to pay for a house with less traffic noise? According to a recent study, a lot.
The New York Times

Wyoming Cowboys Are Breaking Down Barriers, Literally

GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in the West. That’s good for wildlife and for the land. 50 States, 50 Fixes GPS collars on cattle are letting ranchers remove fences in the ...
IEEE

Signal-to-Noise Ratio Enhancement for Mems Resonant Sensors with Potential Barrier Adaptive Stochastic Resonance

Abstract: The signature of stochastic resonance (SR) is that additional noise surprisingly enhances signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). A noise-adaptive system that learns to add an optimal amount of noise ...