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Bubble technology that dulls social noise

Glasses clink, laughter rises and the music thumps on – and you can’t hear a word that the person next to you is saying.

It’s a scenario familiar at just about every night out on the town but a new invention aims to cut out the background babble of bars and clubs by capturing and amplifying the conversation of those closest to you.