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Research led to transparent and light sound-absorbing curtains

By Damir Beciri
3 Comments5 May 2011

empa-sound-absorbing-curtains-1Sound absorbing surfaces in rooms where people work, talk to each other or are trying to relax are gaining more importance in modern societies. So far, lightweight and transparent curtains are acoustically almost useless, but the cooperation between researchers at Empa, textile designer Annette Douglas and silk weavers Weisbrod-Zürrer AG, resulted with a lightweight, translucent… »