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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Innovative Bicycle Bell Targets Safety Gap for Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians

A new bicycle bell developed by researchers at the University of Salford in collaboration with Škoda aims to improve pedestrian safety by emitting sounds that penetrate the frequency range typically cancelled by active noise-cancelling headphones. The 'DuoBell' leverages dual resonators and irregular sound patterns to…

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A new bicycle bell developed by researchers at the University of Salford in collaboration with Škoda aims to improve pedestrian safety by emitting sounds that penetrate the frequency range typically cancelled by active noise-cancelling headphones. The 'DuoBell' leverages dual resonators and irregular sound patterns to…
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Innovative Bicycle Bell Targets Safety Gap for Headphone-Wearing Pedestrians A new bicycle bell developed by researchers at the University of Salford in collaboration with Škoda aims to improve pedestrian safety by emitting sounds that penetrate the frequency range typically cancelled by active... Read the full IIPLA blog post: https://iipla.org/blog/innovative-bicycle-bell-targets-safety-gap-for-headphone-wearing-pedestrians

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