Following instructions via public announcement systems at train stations or airports are like deciphering alien codes, making one wonder if they really on the right place all the time. Isn’t it weird that if sound specialists can create perfectly audible sound in a packed cinema why can’t it be replicated at a train station. A new speaker technology called FFL (Flat Flexible Loudspeaker) tech, enables speakers that are less than a quarter of a millimeter thick, light enough to be hung on walls or installed in ceiling tiles, and emit planar directional sound waves, which project further than sound from conventional speakers. The speakers could be concealed inside ceiling tiles in the home, printed with a design and hung on the wall like a picture or even wrapped around a lampshade.

Car manufacturers are also interested in the speakers because they allow sound to be directed which means, the cars of the future may create sound from truly concealed sources.

Via [Cnet]