日前，英国伯明翰的阿斯顿大学物理学家们不关注和跟踪宇宙大爆炸起源的问题，而是解决纠结的耳机线缠绕这一实际的问题。
据每日邮报报道，马休斯研究了“墨菲定律字符串“来解释耳机配戴者无处不在这一现象。而且，令人惊讶的是，物理学家宣称他想出一个可行办法，消除我们所知道的潜在的耳机线缠绕问题。
经过一些实验，马休斯和他的学生们想到在两个点别住耳机线：三电线一起靠近音频插孔和两个耳塞及两个耳塞电线，然后更远的电线（见下图）。
“简单地夹在一起的连接的两端的电缆不可能形成一个结，以防解开它之前，缠在一起，”马休斯阐述该研究小组的结果。
“这全是关于使用硬科学来解决日常问题。” 虽然这可能是我们听过的一个科学家把他的手在耳机线缠结的问题涉足的第一时间，这当然是不能想出一个解决这个问题的第一次尝试。
耳机有几条上架的自称是“免费注册”。但是，Zipbuds和JAYS一样，许多这些产品由笨重的电缆或怪异的包装装置建立。苹果的老白耳式耳机及其全新EarPods仍然是一些最无所不在的齿轮，听音乐的人，但没有缠结自由技术的建立。由节拍的耳机，而苹果刚刚购买的特征，无缠结电缆，所以苹果EarPods将会在未来有一个悬荡的升级。
No More Tangles! Physicist Claims to
Have Solved the Headphone Knot Problem
Have Solved the Headphone Knot Problem
Daniel Bean
The physicist’s recent work out of Aston University in Birmingham, England, wasn’t concerned with tracing the origins of the Big Bang, but instead tackling the more immediate problem of tangled headphone cords.
According to the Daily Mail, Matthews investigated “Murphy’s Law of String” to explain a phenomenon that frustrates headphone wearers everywher. And, astonishingly, the physicist claims he’s devised a workable fix, potentially eliminating tangled headphone wires as we know them.
After some experimentation, Matthews and students had the idea to pin the headphone cords together in two spots: the three wires all together near the audio jack and two earbuds, and the two earbud cables again farther down the cable (see the image below).
“Simply clipping together the two ends of the cords makes the cable less likely to form a knot, saving the frustration of having to untangle it before plugging in,” Matthews said of the group’s findings.
"This was all about using hard science to tackle an everyday issue.”
Though this may be the first time we’ve ever heard of a scientist getting his hands dirty in the issue of headphone wire tangles, it was of course not the first attempt to come up with a fix for the problem.
Several lines of headphones have hit the shelves claiming to be “tangle free.” But, like Zipbuds and JAYS, many of these products have bulky cables or weird wrapping devices built in. Both Apple’s old white ear-style headphones and its new EarPods remain some of the most omnipresent gear for music-listening commuters, but neither have tangle-free technology built in. Headphones made by Beats, which Apple just purchased, do feature tangle-free cables, so maybe Apple’s EarPods will be getting a detangling upgrade in the future.
Now this is the part wher the world-renowned genius physicist, after years of scholarly success and hard work, finally strikes it rich by trademarking a $5 piece of plastic, right?