Students invent quieter leaf blower/photo (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins University

Students invent quieter leaf blower/photo

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They workshopped more than 40 versions of the solution they finally settled on: an attachment that cuts the machine’s noise almost like a silencer on a gun or a muffler on a car.

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Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University

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