Sonic Weapons

http://www.moonfish-design.co.uk/feraliminal.htm

“The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer is a low frequency thanato-auric wave generator. In addition to sinewave generators, the machine contains four tape loops of unduplicable lengths, each containing textual material. The wavelengths produced create a state of high-level ferocity and austerity in subjects within approximately four yards, while the Trithemean incantations richly pervading the machine’s aural output […]

From http://www.forteantimes.com/
http://www.forteantimes.com/features/commentary/110/sonic_weapons.html

Sonic Weapons
A recent pirate attack on a luxury liner was apparently rebuffed by the use of sonic weapons. Jack Sargeant re-examines the sound and the fury of modern warfare.
Text: Jack Sargeant
Images: American Technology Corporation
January 2006

Literal:
Perhaps it’s because Somalia has had no real government for the last 15-years that its Indian Ocean coast has become […]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/xeni/39557331/in/photostream/

Detail of a M.A.D. (Magnetic Acoustic Devices) device from HPV Technologies, during a demo for military, law enforcement, and government tech experts from the US and abroad, at Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale (Sep 1, 2005). The devices are capable of broadcasting a highly focused, “laser-like” beam of sound in such a way that […]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4701588

For a Non-Lethal Weapon, Israel Uses Sound
by Melissa Block

All Things Considered, June 13, 2005 ·

Two weeks ago, the Israeli Army used a new weapon dubbed “The Scream” to disperse a demonstration in the West Bank. It’s a non-lethal weapon that sends out bursts of sound.

Malcolm Davies studies non-lethal weapons at the British Joint Services Command […]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4857417

Focused Sound ‘Laser’ for Crowd Control
By Xeni Jardin
Day to Day, September 21, 2005

Crowd control is a constant challenge to law enforcement — how to stop potential troublemakers without endangering those who are simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Rubber bullets can kill, tear gas drifts with the wind.

Several police departments across America […]

THE TAILENDERS
Dirección e guión: Adele Horne
País: EEUU
Año: 2006
http://www.adelehorne.net/

Un grupo de misioneros evangélicos de EEUU ha traducido la Biblia a muchos de los idiomas del planeta, con el objetivo de difundirla en lugares remotos mediante grabaciones en discos y casetes que se accionan de forma manual.

La organización Global Recordings Network (GRN) implementa esta rudimentaria pero efectiva […]

Vía: mediateletipos.net

Henrik Rylander, fotógrafo y músico saca a la venta Public Loudspeakers. El libro/disco recoge una serie de fotografías de altavoces y una pieza de 60 minutos (aprox) a partir de la grabación de los aparatos. Esta obra centrada en el panopticismo auditivo, recoge desde su título (Information/desinformation) los principios básicos de este sistema: vigilancia […]

http://mathieson.typepad.com/genwow/2007/12/my-comments-in.html

http://www.aetv.com/paranormal-state/ (serie de TV a la que se refiere este artículo)

En diciembre de 2007, la corporación de televisiones A&N Network utilizaba la tecnología HypersonicSound para anunciar una de sus series más exitosas, un programa parecido al de Iker Jiménez que trata fenómenos paranormales y otros aspectos de lo oculto. Para anunciarlo colocó un cartel de […]

Technology which uses ultrasonic energy to focus sound to the intended listener and nowhere else.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sound from ultrasound is the name given here to situations when modulated ultrasound can make its carried signal audible without needing a receiver set. This happens when the modulated ultrasound passes through anything which behaves nonlinearly and […]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The long range acoustic device (LRAD) is a crowd-control and hailing device developed by American Technology Corporation.

According to the manufacturer’s specifications, the equipment weighs 45 pounds (20 kg) and can emit sound in a 30° beam (only at high frequency, 2.5kHz) from a device 33 inches (83 cm) in diameter. At […]