There may be a cure for those of you with loud computers, or perhaps those who spend time living under the flight path to an airport. NewScientist.com has an article about a “Silence Machine” that gets rid of unwanted noise. These are also being tested in cars, to make the car quieter. Many have worn a pair of the headphones that the article alludes to – they make airplane travel much nicer, and having something like this to cancel machine noise would be excellent.