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As if the military doesn't already have this.
Silence Gun: Strange weapon of the future immediately quiets you, whether you like it or not
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/weird-gun-future-attacks-words-not-people-193050045.html
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But a strange and unsettling new gun being developed by Japanese researchers shoots sound waves in an effort to disrupt and silence anyone who dares speak out of turn.
The gun operates based on the concept of delayed auditory feedback. An attached microphone picks up the sound being made by the target and plays it back 0.2 seconds later. The effect is incredibly confusing to the human brain, making it all but impossible to talk or hold a conversation. The device doesn't cause the person it's being used on any physical harm — it simply messes with their head.
When the human brain hears its own speech perfectly in sync during normal speech, it easily processes the input and allows you to largely ignore the sound of your own voice. However, by offsetting the response just a bit, the brain hears your mouth speaking as well as the strange echo effect produced by the gun. This unusual combination is confusing enough to effectively shut down the part of your brain responsible for managing speech, and you fall immediately silent.
The developers say the gun could be used for seemingly innocuous purposes, such as enforcing rules requiring library patrons to keep quiet. It could also see action during large meetings when it is important that onlookers not disrupt the speaker; anyone who fancies a noisy outburst would immediatley be silenced by the high-tech handheld.
The free speech implications of the speech jammer are somewhat disconcerting: A protestor or speaker at a political rally could be easily silenced just for having unpopular views. Political rallies and other protest gatherings could easily be quieted by the strange gun, should law enforcement or other agencies decide to equip themselves with the technology.
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I think it's a great idea. It just needs to be limited in regards to where and when it can be used.
In fact I think maybe the safest way to implement it would be to make a list of where the device could be used and everything else would be off limits.
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Those kind of regulations sound like communism to me. You and your commie friends will have to pry my noise gun from my cold dead hands.
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I'd get over it pretty quickly. I already deal with this on my phone sometimes. It'll echo and its very distracting, but if you concentrate on what you're saying and don't listen to anything else, you can still function.
I bet if this is widely implemented, most humans would adapt to block it out pretty quickly.
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im half deaf from a life of working around loud machinery.
i cant hear my own voice anyway except the vibrations through the jaw bones.
this results in me being very tone deaf since the vibrations through the bones always sound the same to me.
i also have a hard time telling if im screaming or whispering.
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This needs to be legalized for movie theaters... the ensuing race riots would be hilarious too, but eventually, you could watch a fkn movie in peace...
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Cawlin posted:
This needs to be legalized for movie theaters... the ensuing race riots would be hilarious too, but eventually, you could watch a fkn movie in peace...
i'm guessing you live in the midwest or south. i was never once able to enjoy a movie in the 4 years i lived in kansas city without people talking and yelling through the whole thing. i wanted to block the doors and set the bitch on fire.
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Seething199 posted:
Cawlin posted:
This needs to be legalized for movie theaters... the ensuing race riots would be hilarious too, but eventually, you could watch a fkn movie in peace...
i'm guessing you live in the midwest or south. i was never once able to enjoy a movie in the 4 years i lived in kansas city without people talking and yelling through the whole thing. i wanted to block the doors and set the bitch on fire.
Nope, Northeast here, samey same everywhere I think.
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Are we talking about black people in movie theaters?
I think we are.
Black people make movie watching in a theater unbearable.
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