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Reminds met of the book series Daemon by Daniel Suarez [0], only there they use nonlinear acoustics to get this effect (if I remember correctly). Nice books, ni
by teekert 8y ago
Reminds met of the book series Daemon by Daniel Suarez [0], only there they use nonlinear acoustics to get this effect (if I remember correctly). Nice books, nice ideas by the way.
Edit: They call it Hypersonic Sound System, not nonlinear acoustics, see [1].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(novel_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(novel_series)
[1] http://daniel-suarez.com/daemontech.html http://daniel-suarez.com/daemontech.html
- coderintherye 8y agoReally great, underrated series. The book was also very prescient in predicting rise of a distributed digital currency, especially given that it was published before Satoshi's Bitcoin paper was published.
- teekert 8y agoI agree! I have been looking for the same epicness in his later books but it never hit that level again imho.
- pavel_lishin 8y agoI don't think it's quite analogous - everyone could hear the sound, the technology in Daemon just allowed it to appear to emanate from a specific, arbitrary location. But very reminiscent, and a great series.
- dwyerm 8y agoThe hypersonic sound system was kind of productized years ago as the "Sound Lazer" among other things. The effect is really quite stunning! It is a truly strange effect. But, as the manufacturer themselves state, it involves pointing an array of 120dB ultrasonic emitters running at full blast, even when it is transmitting silence. It's an oppressive feeling to be in a 'loud' room, yet not be able to hear anything.