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How to pick one voice from a noisy room

How are humans able to focus in on one voice only in a crowded noisy environment and yet microphones lack this talent? Professor Mike Brookes from Imperial College London shows how his research does something similar using multiple microphones. This allows you to listen to selective conversations in a crowded room; useful for hearing aids wearers and spies.

(Photo caption: This combination of a spherical microphone array and a camera allows us to zoom into a single conversation - photo taken by Julia Lorke with thanks to Prof. Mike Brookes and The Royal Society)

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2 minutes