The Future Is Now: i-Beam's Bubble Barrier Comes to Life


Updated 08/06/09 3:09 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

i-Beam's Bubble Sound Barrier Concept Brought to Life at E3

I was cleaning up my iPhoto library the other day and came across a photo I took at E3 that features a familiar-looking contraption. The bubble on the right isolates sound so you can hear music (or in this case, games) in a noisy room. Look familiar? It's a look-alike to the i-Beam Bubble Sound Barrier that I featured a few months back, except instead of keeping sounds in like the i-Beam does, Read more

The New Cube Farm: I-Beam's Bubble Sound Barrier


Updated 04/30/09 8:31 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

I-Beam Bubble Sound Barrier Blocks Out Office Noise

Here at Sugar HQ, we don't have the typical cube farm that you'd find in other office buildings, but we do get a lot of noise. Not only from the traffic in downtown San Francisco, but from the various street musicians that play outside. So these Bubble Sound Barriers from design firm I-Beam — which provide not only a barrier from outside noise, but keep your music inside your own parameter — Read more