Unwinding headphone cord isn’t any easier in zero gravity according to ESA

On By Garmin Philip

The problem of having tangle-free headphones is universal. Not only does it happen to us on Earth, but even astronauts have to deal with this annoying inconvenience. This has not been shown by the European Space Agency itself.

If you are one of those who do not have wireless headphones, surely you know what we are talking about. And if you have it too, because 10 years ago we all went by cable no matter how much you have gotten used to AirPods.

The more you try to untangle a cable, the more difficult it becomes. And that there are materials that are more easily unraveled, it seems like a marketing thing. Or at least that’s what we think when we’re red-handed.

This article is not meant to teach you a foolproof way to untangle your earphones, unfortunately. If not, it is rather a: evil of many, consolation of fools.

As the tweet embedded here demonstrates, a video posted this week by Matthias Maurer, an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS), this problem occurs in all parts of the galaxy.

“Are headphones easier to untangle in space or on Earth?“, After this question, the astronaut spends almost a minute trying to untangle the cables of his headphones.

Representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) meet to share their progress in protecting the Earth from an asteroid impact.

In case you’re wondering, Maurer is not investigating this question, but rather the astronaut is participating in the Acoustic Diagnostics experiment., whose objective is to study the impact of microgravity on our hearing during prolonged stays on board the ISS.

The study could provide vital information for the planning of future manned missions to the Moon and Mars, the most immediate future of our species.

These are NASA’s abandoned projects, ideas that don’t make it into the bestseller books because they never got off the ground and got stuck halfway.

The headphones seen in Maurer’s video are equipped with sensors that measure the movement of the hairs inside the ear when they respond to sound. Specifically, headphones monitor what is known as Optoacoustic Emissions (OAE).

But, if necessary, it is possible that Matthias Maurer could reach Earth with two studies done: 1st How long it takes in zero gravity to unwind some cables; 2º What impact does microgravity have on our hearing? It is not a small thing.



Reference-computerhoy.com