One thing you can safely bet you have never had yet for your visitors to gape at is the Toilet Speakers. Full story

What a ruckus the neighbors’ dog can set up. A nuisance, isn’t it? Especially when you have to be barked out of your sleep when you want it least of all. Full story

The unique idea of representing sound waves as jewelry items belongs to the Japanese designer Sakurako Shimizu. The beauty of it is that practically any sound, human, natural or mechanical, can be thus embodied; the ones that Sakurako used were wow, a yawn, a giggle, the church bells and the wedding ceremony admission “I do”. Full story

Since the surrounding noise is often apt to break into your music and spoil the enjoyment, you’d do right to opt for earphones with the noise isolation feature – like the Shure SE115, the latest gadget on the market of the kind. Full story