News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Noise Cancelling a Fan by posix86 on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @04:12PM (#45280815)
It would be possible if you had a matrix of speakers covering all walls & ceiling. In that scenario you could control the entire sound landscape across the board, and cancel out or simulate arbitrary sound sources in the room.
Re:Noise Cancelling a Fan by ramenbytes on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @04:42PM (#45281152)
Re:Noise Cancelling a Fan by IAmBroom on Thursday September 18, 2025 @11:12AM (#45290670)
It would take gigantic processing power, but it's theoretically possible.

You'd have to run realtime 3-D FFTs on the sound in the system, at approximately a few kHz.