Terrified to be alone with your thoughts? A new technology allows you to listen to your favorite tunes without disturbing those around you.

Noveto Systems, an Israeli company, invented "sound beaming," a futuristic audio technology that beams sound directly into a listener's ear, thereby eliminating the need for headphones.

Here's a detailed diagram of how it works: 🔊 ➡ 🧠

Check out this video demo of the desktop prototype, the SoundBeamer 1.0:

According to this article, Noveto expects the device to have plenty of practical uses, from allowing office workers to listen to music or conference calls without interrupting colleagues to letting someone play a game, movie or music without disturbing their significant others. The lack of headphones means it's possible to still hear other sounds in the room clearly.

CEO Christophe Ramstein finds it hard to put the concept into words. "The brain doesn't understand what it doesn't know," he said.

But as always, the real question is, how fast can we weaponize this new technology?