A metamaterial capable of bending, shaping and focusing acoustic waves is to be trialled in hospitals and other locations where noise is problematic. The so-called Sonoblind panel technology will allow scientists to turn plastic sheets into noisecancelling panels with the same noise-reduction effect of as two inches of plywood. Metasonixx, the company behind the Sonoblind panels, is a spin out from the Universities of Sussex and Bristol. The company, founded by Dr Gianluca Memoli, from the School of Engineering of Informatics of Sussex University, and by Prof. Bruce Drinkwater, of Bristol University, has now been awarded the Armourers Brasiers Venture Prize, which comes with ￡25,000 investment.
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