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What could go wrong with blasting out ultrasonic noise in every direction? (Besides a lot of confused dogs...)
by kylek 7y ago
What could go wrong with blasting out ultrasonic noise in every direction? (Besides a lot of confused dogs...)
- goda90 7y agoA lot of confused hearing aid users.
- sbradford26 7y agoCurrently wearing noise cancelling headphones and wondered what would happen with them, but hearing aids would be a much bigger concern. I would wonder if since hearing aids are so focused on human hearing that they would have filters that would block out any sounds outside the human hearing range.
- LinuxBender 7y agoStarving bats. Bats keep moth and mosquito populations down in some areas. They use ultrasonic acquisition of their prey. Rodents less likely to nest near you may be a positive thing.
- m463 7y agoGreat story here: he said, "Watch the moths." It turns out the moths, through evolution, had developed their own electronic countermeasures to jam the bat radar https://steveblank.com/2009/03/23/if-i-told-you-i%E2%80%99d-have-to-kill-you-the-story-behind-the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley/ https://steveblank.com/2009/03/23/if-i-told-you-i%E2%80%99d-...