JVC has announced a new speaker designed to allow you to watch TV without disturbing everyone around you. Called the 1BOX, it cancels out "undesired signals," giving you a 56% reduction of leaked sound. That means you can enjoy all the explosions in Terminator 2 without waking up the neighbors. Basically, it's like noise canceling headphones but without the headphones. It's just a prototype at the moment, and you have to sit within 3 feet of the speaker to really hear it, but look for this sort of thing to hit stores in the near future. People living in tiny apartments with thin walls should keep this in mind for a good gift for your noisy neighbors. — Adam Frucci

JVC Victor, via Engadget