heystoopid used our news submit to tell us: "In this very short article over at C|Net news, is a picture of the latest mp3 walkman player released from "SONY"! With this new design comes with some very tricked up ambient noise inverter in ear headphones as borrowed from the over ear external noise headphone technology for use to quieten noisy plane interiors and now appearing for use in other extremely noisy environments!
This must rank as an extremely dumbest idea from SONY yet again, since Californians legislature was forced to introduce bans on the users wearing headphones of the original Philips cassette Walkmans, walking down the footpath oblivious to all around them whilst wearing headphones, and being mowed down by the usual incompetent Californian motorists!
Just what is SONY thinking, releasing this deadly external noise reduction technology onto the unsuspecting public with these lightweight portable music devices! Oh well, looks like a new set of laws in California banning any unit using this new/old technology, for use in all public spaces is coming!"
| With its latest music player, Sony wants you to be less distracted by the noises outside your earphones. The Walkman NW-706F, pictured here, incorporates noise-canceling technology that the company says can cut ambient sounds by 75 percent. |
Source: C|Net
