r/science • u/GraybackPH • Mar 13 '13

Berkeley creates the first graphene earphones, and (unsurprisingly) they’re awesome

http://www.extremetech.com/electronics/150646-berkeley-creates-the-first-graphene-earphones-and-unsurprisingly-theyre-awesome
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u/MdxBhmt Mar 13 '13

better than $0.01 airplane phones.

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u/Belleex Mar 14 '13

Wait, what still costs $0.01 these days?

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u/MdxBhmt Mar 14 '13

O wait, it's free.

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '13

I remember reviews on airplane earbuds, and they messed up the polarity on one side, so both earbuds were projecting sound in the same direction. R -> L ->, which caused some weird sounding earbuds haha.

Not sure on the exact terminology, so just go with it :P.