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		fastball on Dec 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Bose QC-35 II headphones burst into flames and ... How exactly would you develop headphones that are hardened against high energy particles from space? NASA has a hard time doing this for their vehicles that are intended to be in deep space.

nine_k on Dec 18, 2021 [–]

A better design could be such that remains safe (even if functionally degraded) when hit with a burst of cosmic rays.

Whether it can be done within the constraints of mass, volume, and expense that keep the headphones competitive is another (hard) question.

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