Headphones
Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits Bose to find out how the teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with βgolden earsβ.
Headphones: these marvels of miniaturisation are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how todayβs teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with βgolden earsβ.
She discovers how helicopters in the Korean War helped put the βshhhβ into noise-cancelling, why it took a muted Mormon church service to get headphones onto people's heads, and how an opera singerβs electric shock therapy led to the invention of the speaker.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Executive Producer | Paul Overton |
| Production Manager | Sam Breslin |
| Series Producer | Eileen Inkson |
Broadcasts
- Thu 7 Dec 2023 20:00
- Thu 14 Dec 2023 00:40
- Sat 20 Jan 2024 02:25
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