Japanese Researchers Develop Speech Jammer: Sweet or Scary?
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2012/03/02 22:15:24
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Keeping a boisterous crowd under control might become a little bit easier in the future. Perhaps... too easy. Japanese researchers Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada have reportedly developed a "gun" that effectively silences anyone it "shoots." Early prototypes of the SpeechJammer required the gun to be hooked up to a computer, but rumor has it that they've already developed a handheld version of the device.
The way it's supposed to work is a little bit complicated. An abstract about the project found on the Cornell University Library website explains, "In general, human speech is jammed by giving back to the speakers their own utterances at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This effect can disturb people without any physical discomfort, and disappears immediately by stop speaking. Furthermore, this effect does not involve anyone but the speaker ... " Sounds a little complicated, but the video will help smooth things out. Plus, it's kind of funny. Do you think a speech jammer is a pretty sweet idea, or is it slightly too strange for your taste?
The way it's supposed to work is a little bit complicated. An abstract about the project found on the Cornell University Library website explains, "In general, human speech is jammed by giving back to the speakers their own utterances at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This effect can disturb people without any physical discomfort, and disappears immediately by stop speaking. Furthermore, this effect does not involve anyone but the speaker ... " Sounds a little complicated, but the video will help smooth things out. Plus, it's kind of funny. Do you think a speech jammer is a pretty sweet idea, or is it slightly too strange for your taste?
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bob h. 2012/03/03 15:09:23
Still, I love the idea, and would totally get one.
Wretha
Also for Arnold fans that big "secret" railgun in the movie "Eraser" isn't just fantasy, but also close to reality as are several other plasma type weapons. What, you thought that huge defense department budget just went to buy uniforms, M16's and fighter jets?
Now on to why I don't think such a device would really work that well. Most people already talk past their own utterances, and only those who lack confidence need to actually hear their own voice to get the words out. But then again, the video was probably a satirical joke in actuality, founded on the line, "Do these people even hear what they are saying?"
It would be right up the alley of the repunlicans/ conservatives/ christian fanatics... who can now silence the voices of protest against their constant stream of lies
Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada should have atleast shown to have a little conciousness in their brain deciding NOT to develope such an anti freedom of speech device .
I am am schooled in designing electronic systems..
If someone would ask me to make such a device I would have kicked him out , I rather be poor than support suppressing free speech devices..
And it is certainly nothing to joke about