{"id":428084,"date":"2010-03-14T22:03:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T02:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/laser-activated-nanotube-speakers\/14503\/"},"modified":"2010-03-14T22:03:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T02:03:47","slug":"laser-activated-nanotube-speakers-could-be-invisibly-embedded-in-windows-and-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/428084","title":{"rendered":"Laser-activated nanotube speakers could be invisibly embedded in windows and walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/acoustic-nanotubes.jpg\" alt=\"Striking tones can be generated by vertical arrays of nanotubes, called forests (Photo: UT...\"><\/p>\n<p>It is known that intense sound can be produced by electrically-powered nanotubes stretched into sheets, but researchers from University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) have furthered this principle by arranging sheets of carbon nanotubes into &#8220;forests&#8221; which produce high-quality sound when struck with lasers. This is an exciting advancement in the field of acoustics since it is thought these forests could be used to form invisible wireless speakers that could be embedded into walls, windows, computer screens, cars &#8211; the list is endless. ..<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/nanotechnology\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nanotechnology<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/nanotubes\/\" rel=\"tag\">Nanotubes<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/speakers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Speakers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nanotubes-growth-electronics-advances\/13019\/\">Better control over nanotube growth promises important advances in electronics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/industrial-scale-carbon-nanotube-processing\/13270\/\">Producing carbon nanotubes on an industrial scale<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/nanokites-nanotechnology-swnt\/12434\/\">Ghostly nano &#8216;kites&#8217; may lead to holy grail of nanotube growth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/carbon-nanotubes-thermopower-waves-electricity\/14442\/\">Carbon nanotubes offer new way to produce electricity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/3293\/\">TDK  NXT speaker technology offers a new look<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/carbon-nanotubes-solar-cell\/12819\/\">Carbon nanotubes used to build a near-ideal efficiency solar cell<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7MhWVNssX0GZUO8ZVhQdDEQukEw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7MhWVNssX0GZUO8ZVhQdDEQukEw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7MhWVNssX0GZUO8ZVhQdDEQukEw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7MhWVNssX0GZUO8ZVhQdDEQukEw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=E7gPYAiUEls:_wfy3i_Q-0U:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/E7gPYAiUEls\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is known that intense sound can be produced by electrically-powered nanotubes stretched into sheets, but researchers from University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) have furthered this principle by arranging sheets of carbon nanotubes into &#8220;forests&#8221; which produce high-quality sound when struck with lasers. 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