New design using nanoparticles creates loudspeaker with magnetic membranes 11/21/2013 - 00:00 While technological developments in personal computing always seem to be eagerly received, it seems that developments in our personal entertainment—like TVs and stereos—get us most excited.Along these lines, there is now a completely new way to build loudspeakers thanks in large part to nanoparticles. Researchers at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have found a way to eliminate the need for a permanent magnet in stereo speakers by adding metallic nanoparticles to a speaker's membrane.“This is, to our knowledge, the first reported magnetic speaker membrane,” said Richard Olsson, a KTH researcher, in a press release.
