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Anechoic chamber

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Aug 2010 at 00:18:49 (UTC)

Reason: Anechoic chambers are fascinating devices, suitable not only for serious scientific and engineering research, but also occasional mischief towards interns. Basically, an anechoic chamber is constructed of specially shaped elements of a particularly radiation-absorbent foam, kind of like an indoor version of a Nighthawk. This example is particularly nice because the floor is also covered with foam elements, which isn't always the case. It was an eye-catcher for me.
Articles in which this image appears: Anechoic chamber
FP category for this image: Engineering/Other
Creator: Adamantios

Support as nominator --Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 00:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
~~Support~~, nice find. J Milburn (talk) 00:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak support- Greg makes a valid point. I'm not really getting any feeling of scale here- this could be a shoebox, it could be a warehouse. J Milburn (talk) 23:11, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Some people recognise standard packaging tape when they see it... Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    - That's a bit narky PLW - you coulda just said something like "there is packaging tape over the two right hand boxes that give a sense of scale" - bit less agressive... tbh tho there's no way of knowing from this pic that that IS standard packing tape... Plus if something like is is that techincal then is packing tape really the best thing to use? Gazhiley (talk) 12:00, 13 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yes, because the floats are removable. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:06, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Is this the best one we have? I'm sure there's an anechoic room with better lighting somewhere. --I'ḏ ♥One 01:55, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment To bad we can't get apple's anechoic chamber pictures... they're stunning and VERY top of the line. — raeky T 02:16, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Didn't really help the iPhone 4 have decent reception :P Noodle snacks (talk) 03:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - Pretty sure that it does, most of the media coverage was blown out of prospective and fairly inaccurate. Steve Jobs tried to set the record straight here, which is also where those anechoic chamber images initially came from. — raeky T 00:42, 11 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose They have really, REALLY big ones large enough to put entire B-2 bombers inside. And then there are smaller ones. But without a human, or an oscilloscope, or a B-2 bomber to give a sense of scale, this isn’t all that impressive (as anechoic chambers go). Greg L (talk) 02:42, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination. Noodle snacks (talk) 03:08, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 23:12, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]