After the flexible speaker FleXpeaker, once again I’m feeling exciting about how our future home entertainment will be after Yamaha unveils their 1mm thin directional speakers! This speaker is very amazing on the thickness and how it delivers the sound to its hearer.

If you are a non-tech updated person, you might be fooled by the appearance that looks so much like a banner images. But when you stand on the right spot (indicated by the with foot print in the above picture), you will hear a sound played just for you.

No other listener will hear what’s playing without first moving into the zone/space and the sound playback won’t overlap with any other sounds from the surrounding. There was a concept from the past that use the similar technology called Oto-Shigure Umbrella 3D Speaker. A directional speaker that has its own ‘Sound Space’ so you can only hear sounds playback if you snug into the space. You might want to check the illustration on that page.

Clever stuff anyway, let’s hope Yamaha would push this super duper thin directional speaker to the market as soon as possible (so we can make our wall a seamless speaker!).

[via UberGizmo]

Yamaha 1mm Thin Directional Speakers – Cool!
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We have seen one in the past, the one presented by Warwick Audio Technologies if you remember. Today as the time flows, another company has created their own version of thin speaker with added feature. The company ITRI which based in Taiwan introduced their ‘FleXpeaker’ which is a flexible and thin speaker where you can bend it to a certain allowable state without distorting the original sound’s quality. Check out the following video for more detail:

The paper-thin flexible loudspeaker utilized paper and metal layer as the material and printing for production. It will pioneer a new era in speakers and the electronic sound industry. Aside from upgrading traditional speaker industry, it can be extended to the revolutionary Memo card, thin-sheet MP3 innovative applications, and can be integrated into energy-saving buildings, electric vehicle, entertainment and medical application. Coupled with the needs of humanized, mobilized and personalized for daily living, it will also bring along with new type of technology products.

Certainly interesting. If the researchers can combine both thin display from HP or Samsung with this FleXspeaker into a paper thin dimension, the future with entertainment wallpaper is highly possible!

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FleXpeaker: The Flexible Thin Speaker by Taiwanese Company
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It seems the prototype of the extremely thin speaker with flat surface has been adopted to a gadget. Bluedot BSP-S20K flat speaker is the new flat speaker from GeekStuff4U (generally a Japanese product), measures in 125mm x 155mm x 19mm only. Although I’m not sure if they are using the same technology or not, but speaker has start to look thin now!

Bluedot BSP-S20K flat speaker comes with 2 channels of 2-Watts output, so it can only punch out a so-so sound quality from it. But I think it’s sufficient for those who love thin and flat gadget.

(via GeekStuff4U)

Bluedot BSP-S20K Flat Speaker
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Warwick Audio Technologies has designed a super thin Speaker, not even a quarter of milimeter in thickness and they claimed that the thin speaker can produce a good quality of sound to spoiled audiophiles.

It’s even better because you can cut the shapes into anything else, or bend it to suit any terrain such as sticking them into your bike or car.

The speaker material is a laminate composed of sandwiched insulators and conductors, which with the addition of the electrical audio signal, vibrates and produces a planar wave with high directivity and precise imaging. The wave spreads evenly across a listening room or audience and doesn’t drop off sharply based on distance. Warwick has also expounded upon the fact that FFLs are inexpensive to manufacture, meaning that they could be a viable option for basic home and car audio.

Warwick describes the speakers as efficient and low power, driven by voltage and dissipating little current into heat. Distortion is also said to be minimal. This statement offers a very promising glimpse: “By significantly improving the electrical to audio efficiency, we have broken the conventional link between the power rating and the loudness of a speaker. The loudness of cone speakers is often linked to the electrical power consumption. This is not a relevant relationship for the FFL.” Perhaps, in addition to space, you can save a little money on the amplifier.

The only thing to ask now is when this technology going to hit the market? It would be wonderful and which this type of thin speaker, it will open up a lot of opportunities for people in designing their new home or rather adding up aesthetic in their home because they can actually eliminate the use of large audio equipment.

(via TechChee)

Extremely Thin Speaker with Flat Surface and Good Flexibility
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