Mephisto2

I once read that the human mind has evolved such that the particular tone, pitch and volume of baby screams and cries are especially annoying. The argument goes that this makes them more difficult to annoy and improves the chances of their mothers attending to them when they call (for food etc).

In any case, here's an interesting article.

I think it's mildly amusing that we move from high-tech wonder weapons to subliminal advertising and consumerism in one article. Welcome to the 21st century.

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meepa

Haha that sounds like it was pulled right out of Duke Nukem 3D!

Halx

Sounds almost like satire...

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SecretMethod70

Yes, I'd be interested in seeing the source of this article. Please remember to include links for people as well as quotes

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present_future

Fiction or not, it sounds like an effective weapon. I know I personally cannot stand the high pitched squealing of infants.

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Kaos

Baby screams make me want to pierce my ear drums with ice picks.

feelgood

Damn, its gonna knock me down to my knees eh? Think of the riot control eh?

Another reason not to get little feelgood a bullhorn...

ah hell, I'll avoid getting a kid altogether! Maybe get a dog instead...

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Mephisto2

How's this?

http://news.com.au/common/story_page...E13762,00.html

and

http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/inte...m?id=685942002

and

http://www.babyweb.com.au/modules.ph...rticle&sid=840

and

http://www.chicagotribune.com/techno...ndweapon.story

and

http://www.newscientist.com/hottopic...?id=ns99991564

and

http://www.noiseabatementsociety.com/weapons.htm

and

http://www.techtv.com/news/coverstor...365993,00.html



I could go on and on.

It's not satire. It's true. "Sonic" non-lethal weapons are a fact. I'm just surprised to actually see them deployed. Whether the technology make it to commerical use, though, is to be seen.


Mr Mephisto

skysooner

I'm not surprised that it is real. Sound technology has really evolved. We are able to pretty accurately represent geology 3 miles or deeper in the ground just from sonic waves.

bparker805

Yeah, this thing is for real. I saw something on tv about this very thing and they showed a guy in the path of "the beam" and the guy just dropped right to his knees. But I think that instead of a baby scream they should just use Fran Drescher's whining!

Cynthetiq

great... they'll make some device that makes one just crap in their pants... really effective non lethal weapon there...

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Bobaphat

There would be no need to amplify Fran Drescher, just send her out in person

seriously though, there are some amazing new non-lethal weapons technologies that are being developed. crazy stuff

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spived2

There was another thread in Tilted Electronics on a similar device:
http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthr...threadid=47861

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moonstrucksoul

i believe that they have had weapons like this for quite a while, the military has been looking at this kind of stuff for decades.


nothing like a invisible force that will make you extrude your guts into your pants! that shit can easily kill you.

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Averett

Me too. I cannot stand babies crying. It really really bothers me. Which is why I'll never have any of my own. Id much rather be around my niece and be able to give her back to her mom at the end of the day

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losthellhound

on one hadn it sounds like satire.. BUT.. I know they are developing some pretty unusual weapons (see link I posted in Tilted Electronics)..

I think I'd class that under cruel and unusual though

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SaltPork

There's a guy not too far from where I live that is making electro-magnetic guns and sonic weapons for the military. The sonic weapons are capable of blowing people up. Pretty cool, but not exactly "non-lethal".

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ladyadmin

Would you believe that whine is an act? I saw an old show with her in it and she spoke clear as a bell with no whining. Now why would someone want to be that annoying?

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feelgood

Or the puke stick

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CSflim

Perfect. I now have justification for strangling that howling baby on the bus....he poses a threat to my safety.

Babies are so fucking obnoxious. So inconsiderate towards others.

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The_wall

and stupid too!

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