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Today on the flagship podcast of canceled-out cricket sounds:
03:29 - David, Andru, and Will react to prototype headphones that use AI to take noise cancellation to a whole new level.
Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests
We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
The University of Washington’s Semantic Hearing project
UW’s Mobile Intelligence Lab
31:30 - Michael Fisher, aka Mr. Mobile, joins the show to discuss mobile phones with physical keyboards and his latest project, “Clicks,” an iPhone case featuring an integrated keyboard.
Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators
BlackBerry kills Ryan Seacrest's iPhone keyboard
56:30 - Andru Marino answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about the best microphone for recording your parents.
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