A Jerusalem-based startup has developed a device worn on the nose that uses active noise cancellation to reduce the sound of snoring.
Sometimes a good night’s sleep can be elusive.
Especially when it’s your neighbor keeping you awake.
But now, Jerusalem-based Quietlife technologies has developed a new device with subwavelength technology it says can help users find some peace and quiet.
Vladimir Hochstein is the company’s technical lead.
Technical lead at Quietlife technologies
“Silent Partner is a small wearable device, this one, and it can be programmed to cancel annoying snoring noise.”
With a built-in microphone, the device targets the snoring using active noise cancellation – similar to headphones that block out engine noise on airplanes.
Technical lead at Quietlife technologies
“Built-in microphones on our device record snoring noise that this guy produces and generates anti-noise signal as it can effectively suppress this annoying snoring noise.
In physics, the concept is known as antiphase – when two sound waves find each other in the same area and cancel each other out.
Quietlife CEO Netanel Eyal says the difference is clear.
“Average snoring is around 70 decibels. Our device can reduce it by 15 decibels from 20 centimeters away, it’s a very large amount of reduction, it significantly reduces the sound of snoring.”
(Nathan Frandino, EBC Correspondent)
