When I was about six or seven, I used to love reading Richard Scarry books, especially the ones about how things work. I loved taking things to bits and putting them back together -- or at least trying to! I always hope that when I have children, they'll be interested in those kinds of things too, so I can build them the cool robots I just learned about in class today!;-)
Just wondering, in the experience of the parents (or researchers) among us, to what extent are children's interests affected by the interests of their parents?
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This really has to be one of the most completely pointless things I have ever seen in my entire life.
This isn't new. I remember a piece on Tomorrow's World (technology TV show in the UK) about two years ago where this sort of sound had been tried on ambulances in one UK city. They interspersed the usual ambulance woo-woo-woo noise with this chusssh-chusssh (white) noise, meaning that people could pinpoint the source more accurately.
I seem to remember it being very successful, although people thought it was a bit weird! I'd forgotten about it until this story came up. I wonder what happened to that trial?
The extension to mobile phone ringers seems quite sensible. However, the idea that people can't help turning towards the source seems a little far-fetched to me. If it were in widespread use we'd probably all become oblivious fairly soon.
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When I was about six or seven, I used to love reading Richard Scarry books, especially the ones about how things work. I loved taking things to bits and putting them back together -- or at least trying to! I always hope that when I have children, they'll be interested in those kinds of things too, so I can build them the cool robots I just learned about in class today! ;-)
Just wondering, in the experience of the parents (or researchers) among us, to what extent are children's interests affected by the interests of their parents?
This really has to be one of the most completely pointless things I have ever seen in my entire life.
If you niver get moded up, praps the modraters are sik and tired of you're speling!
This isn't new. I remember a piece on Tomorrow's World (technology TV show in the UK) about two years ago where this sort of sound had been tried on ambulances in one UK city. They interspersed the usual ambulance woo-woo-woo noise with this chusssh-chusssh (white) noise, meaning that people could pinpoint the source more accurately.
I seem to remember it being very successful, although people thought it was a bit weird! I'd forgotten about it until this story came up. I wonder what happened to that trial?
The extension to mobile phone ringers seems quite sensible. However, the idea that people can't help turning towards the source seems a little far-fetched to me. If it were in widespread use we'd probably all become oblivious fairly soon.
Give it a rest! ;-)