“A ping-pong ball weighs next to nothing,” said Max Dunham, a business and art student who served as project manager. “It’s a lot easier to make a heavier thing go fast, which is why bullets are made ...

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Researchers describe an acoustic meta-surface that uses pingpong balls, with small holes punctured in each, as Helmholtz resonators to create inexpensive but effective low-frequency sound insulation.