[chillacy]

Possible in a controlled lab environment if you can destructively interfere the sound, but it's gonna depend on the sounds as well as knowing the location of the listener

[roywiggins]

Here it is, for reference. I could imagine it possible in the lab, and I'm not an audio engineer but the whole thing is completely implausible.

And sites like Gizmodo don't bring any critical thinking and just repeat the claims verbatim.

http://gizmodo.com/a-stick-on-speaker-that-uses-your-windows...