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LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg t1_iy3984o wrote

Reply to comment by FallofftheMap in LG Display’s ‘invisible’ speaker brings sound to any surface in your car by MicroSofty88

> Speakers complicate aerodynamics

They're inside the car.

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alt4614 t1_iy3dw77 wrote

He elaborated that he’s thinking ahead, thinking abstract. That the end goal is always space and weight saving. Space saved on the inside will translate to design on the outside. And he’s not wrong.

There’s a reason your laptop uses coin sized fans and speakers

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shouldbebabysitting t1_iy3fy1x wrote

Except speakers are smaller than the empty space already required to exist in cars.

You have to have front crumple zones and side windows that go up and down. That leaves empty space which is filled by speakers. Switching to a smaller speaker doesn't change the space required for a door window. (Because the door window doesn't and can't fill the entire door frame when lowered.)

The front crumple zones leaves space under the windshield in the dashboard. This is unused space that can't be filled with anything massive. But speakers are mostly thin metal and paper. So they can go into crumple zones where nothing else can.

A smaller speaker means more empty space inside the frame. It can't save space.

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SMPhil t1_iy3ieyp wrote

No, no, think ahead! No windows, no crumple space, no cars! Imagine how much space you'd save if the car just didn't exist!

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jimbob320 t1_iy479f3 wrote

That's true actually, cars are a bad use of public space. LG has just invented mass transit?

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alt4614 t1_iy3jb1m wrote

>Except speakers are smaller than the empty space already required to exist in cars.

OP was referring to abstract concept of “vehicles as drones”, the future….and you continue to reference the engineering requirements and crumple zones in your 2022 Toyota.

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