Sitting outside a high-end deli and patio bar recently, I noticed someone next to me had one of those new Kindle Fire e-readers and was trying to read, but the extremely loud and talkative upper middle class just do for television. , the housewives just wouldn’t shut up. I felt bad for his disrespect towards everyone else enjoying a perfect winter afternoon in the mid 70’s, yes I live in a snow bird tourist resort town. Anyway, it seemed very unlucky for the guy enjoying his umbrella drink and sandwich trying to read his e-book. Okay, maybe there is a solution here.
You see, I think it’s about time someone invented a noise-canceling e-reader. But how could this be done except through a headset? Well, it is possible, and let me explain how I could do it. The first thing I would do would be to have the eReader’s audio function with a directional sound centered about 2 feet from the screen where most people place their eyes, with elevator music, very light and pleasant but not descriptive and words. .
Second, there is another strategy you could employ. That’s having a reciprocal sound of “coffee shop” conversation noise, just the opposite wave function to cancel most of that noise looking out from the eReader’s screen. Let’s face it, when you’re out and about and using your eReader, chances are you’d like to get some quality reading time in between all the events of the day, especially if you’re busy with lots of places to be and people to see.
Although you can be an excellent multitasker, just like me in the new information age, you still need to focus on what you’re reading if you ever hope to retain that information. Such an invention or device would be a boon to people who are serious about reading on their e-readers. Would I buy one myself? Probably yes, and how much do I think something like that would cost?
Well, it could be a feature that could drive the price up $20 or more, if the development cost was spread over tens of millions of units. In fact, if a small startup company came up with something like this, with some grad student from MIT, they could probably get a patent and license it to Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and other tech giants. In fact, I hope you will please consider all of this and think about it.