Technology Inferno Speaker Blast makes you Vomit

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Inferno is a "sonic barrier," a long metallic speakerbar that generates a sound made of four frequencies between 2 and 5 kilohertz. The sound itself is 125dB, which is the typical sound made by an alarm, but according to Danger Room's Sharon Weinberger, it's "the most unbearable, gut-wrenching noise I've ever heard in my life." It was a very quick exposure but Sharon says that it was a lot worse than the Pentagon pain ray. We talked with Dr. Maurice Goldman, managing director for the company in the US, about the uses and cost of these devices.

"Being a guinea pig for a sonic ray was truly a whole lot worse than being a guinea pig for the pain ray. I would happily volunteer again to be hit by the Pentagon's pain ray. It was fun, like being Bugs Bunny dancing around when Elmer Fudd tries to shoot him. I never, ever again want to be hit by the Inferno" says Sharon, but while the sensation was unbearable, she actually didn't experiment the extreme reactions that this sound will cause if you are exposed to it for a longer time: vertigo, nausea, and pain in the chest.

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Inferno Speaker Blaster Makes you Vomit

Inferno is a "sonic barrier," a long metallic speakerbar that generates a sound made of four frequencies between 2 and 5 kilohertz. The sound itself is 125dB, which is the typical sound made by an alarm, but according to Danger Room's Sharon Weinberger, it's "the most unbearable, gut-wrenching...
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cant these guys invent something that is actually useful
 
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It's useful, Jackal. It could be used for many, many things.
Hitler help invite a machine that blasted sound to kill its target.
 
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If you could make the sound concentrated in a beam or something and make it more powerful.. you could make a gun like something from starwars :eek:
 
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Jackal said:
Ever heard of Tear Gas?
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Have you ever hit by tear gas? It can really make people sick. It's got a lot of chemicals that can get into your lungs and eyes and do a lot of damage. Actually, there's an international treaty on tear gas I think. You can't use it in war usually, but for some reason we can still use it for domestic issues. Although I think we can use it in Iraq because they authorized riot control agents.... Well... that's what I was told, so they also might have just lied I don't really know.

Here's an article on it so you can update your information on it!
 
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Oh, OK good...

I thought my tax money was going to something useless like health care.
 
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The government had nothing to do with coming out with this speaker... lol its from a privately owned company

no wasted tax money :D
 
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Seb! said:
Oh, OK good...

I thought my tax money was going to something useless like health care.
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Maybe you should get your own health care so that the government doesn't have to waste money to keep you healthy. See, in the US we get to choose where we go to the doctor, and in return we don't rely on the government to take care of us. That way your tax money can go to making better transportation and paying our military and government officials and teachers and police officers and fire fighters and other things that matter.
 
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Eerr... In the US MANY people have health care. They go to a doctor, give them their Health Care (Medi-Cal or w/e) and viola, free service, maybe medicine, etc.
 
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Mmm that will change if another republican doesn't get elected
 
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Seb! said:
Mmm that will change if another republican doesn't get elected
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Yep, one step closer to Socialism! But then again, you've got the choice from someone with... one term as a senator, and then another Clinton... either way we get a pretty bad start.
 
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yeah I guess your right

John McCain is just what we need.

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Huh... I guess carrying a microphone and a directional amp to a riot is out of the question then?
 
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