DAVID GREENE, HOST: Good morning. I'm David Greene. I'm not sure how you eat ramen, but do you ever have a friend say, slurp it, be loud, it's how you do it? Well, the instant ramen company Nissin is taking no chances. They have created a noise-canceling fork. It directs your smartphone to play a masking sound. There's a before-and-after video. Here's normal slurp.</s>UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (Slurping).</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here's with noise cancellation.</s>UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (Slurping).</s>DAVID GREENE, HOST: So that's better? It's MORNING EDITION.
The ramen company Nissin has developed a noise-canceling fork. It detects the sound of someone slurping noodles and directs your smartphone to play a masking sound.