Today on the flagship podcast of canceled-out cricket sounds:

03:29 - David, Andru, and Will react to prototype headphones that use AI to take noise cancellation to a whole new level.

Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests
We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities
The University of Washington’s Semantic Hearing project
UW’s Mobile Intelligence Lab

31:30 - Michael Fisher, aka Mr. Mobile, joins the show to discuss mobile phones with physical keyboards and his latest project, “Clicks,” an iPhone case featuring an integrated keyboard.

Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators
BlackBerry kills Ryan Seacrest's iPhone keyboard

56:30 - Andru Marino answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about the best microphone for recording your parents.

How to get great audio for podcast interviews

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