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I built a tiny radio into a ballpoint pen that allows the user to hear audio by casually biting the pen.
Monday, January 26, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
How a horn amplifies sound (hint: Impedance matching)
A horn-shaped speaker is louder than an equivalent speaker without the horn. This fact doesn't violate physics because the horn is acting as a matching device between the speaker and the air around it.
Photo Credit for phonograph: Norman Bruderhofer, Collection of John Lampert-Hopkins
Photo Credit for phonograph: Norman Bruderhofer, Collection of John Lampert-Hopkins
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