ZF Sachs are selling Continuously Damping Control (CDC) shock absorbers that uses an electronic variable valve to control oil flow. The units were availabe in 2001 on the BMW 7 series as an option, and is now available on the VW Phaeton, and the Opel Astra.
Active 2004 papers now due
The Active 2004 conference, which will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA September 2004, has a fast approaching deadline (2 July 2004) for the submission of the conference papers.
For more information see the Active 2004 web site.
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This web site noiseboard.com was unexpectedly unavailable, as the web hosts were upgrading their servers. Everything should be back to normal now. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Walmart sell Active Noise Control headphones
Walmart are now selling a range of headphones that use active noise control technology.
See the Walmart web site.
Gillette releases vibrating razor blade
Gillette have released a new razor blade that has a tiny rotating eccentric mass to create a vibrating razor head. The vibrating head is meant to loosen hair folicles so that the razor blade will give a closer shave than a non-vibrating razor head.
See the Gillette web site for more information.
Mattel has signed a deal with NXT
The toy company Mattel has signed a deal with NXT to investigate the use their loudspeaker technologies in their toys. NXT make Distributed Mode loudspeakers, which uses a vibrating plate to generate sound.
Read more on the NXT web site.
MTS and National Instruments have formed an alliance
MTS and National Instruments have announced a long-term contractual agreement where MTS plan to use National Instruments’ LabVIEW software for their noise and vibration measurement systems. Readers can find out about each company’s long term strategy on the National Instruments and MTS web sites.
New Products from National Instruments
National Instruments have released new products for noise and vibration measurements:
– a four-slot PXI card, model NI PXI-1031, and an eight-slot version, NI PXI-1042Q, for measuring noise and vibration.
– three new NI hardware devices that have TEDS capabilities to read the calibration of sensors: NI SC-2350, NI BNC-2096 and SCXI-1314T.
– a 24-bit analogue input/output data acquisition module for the PXI platform, model NI PXI-4461.
Abstracts for ASA Conference Now Available
Abstracts for the Acoustical Society of America conference in New York are now available online. See the ASA web site for the abstracts.
Active noise control headsets
Plane Quiet are active noise control headsets that are meant to reduce noise. They are claim to reduce noise levels by 17dB across the frequency spectrum.
Read more on the Plane Quiet web site.