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From: sandell@ils.nwu.edu (Greg Sandell)
Newsgroups: comp.dsp
Subject: Re: noise cancellation
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Date: 8 Jun 90 19:49:34 GMT
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In article <595@mercury.iotek.UUCP>, garyb@iotek.UUCP (Gary Burrell) writes:
> 
> Apparently Lotus (Sportscars not Speadsheets :)) was working on a noise
> cancillation system for a car, it was something like based on the data
> from a whole bunch of sensors out put a waveform which cancels all the
regular
> (repeating) noise ie regular engine noise, road noise etc.
> 
> Does any one have any information on this.  I could see all sorts of

I believe Bose makes such a system, and it was used by Dick Rutan
and the woman co-pilot who flew around the world on a single tank
of gas.  I don't have any further information on this, I just
remember it being discussed in this newsgroup about 2 years ago.

Greg Sandell

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* Greg Sandell (sandell@ils.nwu.edu)              Evanston, IL *
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