Voices in Your Head

ceejayoz writes "MSNBC/Newsweek is running a story about a 'Hypersonic Sound System' that can 'can take an audio signal from virtually any source and convert it to an ultrasonic frequency that can be directed like a beam of light toward a target up to 100 yards away.' Sounds like something that advertisers will love - Minority Report just got a little closer." These guys (and the Audio Spotlight guys) have been hyping this technology for years with nothing much to show from it. But now, Newsweek promises, it's going to change the world as we hear it.

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I can see it already now:

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey baby, this is your appetite speaking
</Barry White>

That technology has been around for a while

[Anonymous Coward]

I've been hearing voices in my head for years now

Have I got a product for you..

[James_G]

If advertisers like this, then I've got an even better device. Rather than broadcasting to a single individual up to 100 yards away, it will broadcast to EVERY SINGLE PERSON within a 500 yard radius! It's a device I like to call a "speaker" and you're going to see a lot of these around over the coming years.

This amazing device can be yours for a minimal price. Just sent me $2000 and I'll ship a couple of devices capable of producing hundreds of watts of sound. None of this crappy 1 person 100 yards away stuff.. Man, where do they get their ideas?

Should help schizophrenics...

[cliveholloway]

My wife's a psychotherapist - she used to suggest to her schizophrenic clients that they carry a cell phone (or at least know where the nearest payphone was). When they felt they needed to argue with the voices in their heads, she suggested they just pretend they are making a call to help ease the embaressment of the situation.

Now i guess they just need to push the arguments towards, "No, I don't want to buy a fucking Coke" and no-one will suspect a thing...

cLive ;-)

Ultrasound this, ultrasound that

[the eric conspiracy]

Now wait a minute! I thought ultrasound caused small fusion reactions to occur when sonic cavities collapsed! Rather than projecting a sound, isn't this thing going to cause people's heads to explode in a fusion reaction???

This Was Spinal Tap

[Anonymous Coward]

It's very special, because, as you can see--the numbers all go to 11. Right across the board. Eleven, 11. . . . And most amps go up to 10? Exactly. Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not 10. You see, most blokes are going to be playing at 10--you're on 10 on your guitar, where can you go from there? Where? I don't know. Nowhere! Exactly! What we do, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? You put it up to 11. Eleven. Exactly. One louder. Why don't you just make 10 louder, and make 10 be the top number, and make that a little louder?

Spinal Tap was great.

artist's rendition

[jjeffries]

Here is an rare drawing of the initial design...

Can you hear me now?

[anaesthesia]

Good.. Can you hear me now?..Good..

Re:What if it gets turned up to 11??

[EvanED]

Sound doesn't deafen people. People deafen people.

Re:Minority Report

[John Hasler]

Physics majors, any answers?

A simple metal helmet should protect you. In fact, tinfoil might be sufficient.

Re:What if it gets turned up to 11??

[Anonymous Coward]

Figured out why you`re still a virgin yet?