babble home
rabble.ca - news for the rest of us
today's active topics


Post New Topic  Post A Reply
FAQ | Forum Home
  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» babble   » right brain babble   » humanities & science   » Inventor creates "soundless sound system"

Email this thread to someone!    
Author Topic: Inventor creates "soundless sound system"
Hephaestion
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 4795

posted 22 April 2005 04:48 PM      Profile for Hephaestion   Author's Homepage        Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Portland Oregon (AP) Elwood "Woody" Norris pointed a metal frequency emitter at one of perhaps 30 people who had come to see his invention. The emitter -- an aluminum square -- was hooked up by a wire to a CD player. Norris switched on the CD player.

"There's no speaker, but when I point this pad at you, you will hear the waterfall," said the 63-year-old Californian.

And one by one, each person in the audience did, and smiled widely.

Norris' HyperSonic Sound system has won him an award coveted by inventors -- the $500,000 annual Lemelson-MIT Prize. It works by sending a focused beam of sound above the range of human hearing. When it lands on you, it seems like sound is coming from inside your head.

Norris said the uses for the technology could come in handy -- in cars, in the airport or at home.

"Imagine your wife wants to watch television and you want to read a book, like the intellectual you are," he said to the crowd. "Imagine you are a lifeguard or a coach and you want to yell at someone, he'll be the only one to hear you."

Norris holds 47 U.S. patents, including one for a digital handheld recorder and another for a handsfree headset. He said the digital recorder made him an inventor for life.

"That sold for $5 million," Norris laughed. "That really made me want to be an inventor."



From: goodbye... :-( | Registered: Dec 2003  |  IP: Logged
audra trower williams
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 2

posted 22 April 2005 04:59 PM      Profile for audra trower williams   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
THAT GAVE ME THE CREEPS.
From: And I'm a look you in the eye for every bar of the chorus | Registered: Apr 2001  |  IP: Logged
Américain Égalitaire
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 7911

posted 22 April 2005 05:03 PM      Profile for Américain Égalitaire   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
And Mr. Norris immediately sold his invention to the US Dept. of Defense who plan on using it to broadcast PSYOP propaganda at all enemies foreign or domestic.

"YAHHHH!!!! Ahmed! That Coulter woman is IN MY HEAD!!!!


Well, it COULD be true soon.


From: Chardon, Ohio USA | Registered: Jan 2005  |  IP: Logged
No Yards
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 4169

posted 22 April 2005 05:03 PM      Profile for No Yards   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Very cool ...
From: Defending traditional marriage since June 28, 2005 | Registered: Jun 2003  |  IP: Logged
Raos
rabble-rouser
Babbler # 5702

posted 22 April 2005 05:12 PM      Profile for Raos     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
That's new? I'm pretty sure I've heard of the same thing already being used in commercial applications. I was looking at an ad for virtual surround sound, where the same concept is used, broadcoasting the out of range frequency behind you, and bouncing it off the wall, so you can get multiple sound locations from one speaker.
From: Sweet home Alaberta | Registered: May 2004  |  IP: Logged

All times are Pacific Time  

Post New Topic  Post A Reply Close Topic    Move Topic    Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
Hop To:

Contact Us | rabble.ca | Policy Statement

Copyright 2001-2008 rabble.ca