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"It's a flashlight-mounted TV-B-Gone The aunties music players have an IR remote" https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1446462487247814658 https://twitter

• junon 5y ago
  My first thought was "wtf, did they circumvent electromagnetism from a distance?"
  • psychlops 5y ago
    I came here with "That's not possible...is it?"
• Cthulhu_ 5y ago
  Would have been funny if they could take over the speaker and play brown noise instead, lol
• deleted 5y ago
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• Havoc 5y ago
  Damn was hoping for something more exotic. Actually disabling a speaker at distance would have been a feat
• tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
  I'm not sure if I should be disappointed or relieved that it isn't a high-energy remote zapper. I kind of expected a Bluetooth jammer.
  • alphan0n 5y ago
    I though it silenced the people, like the speech jammer that made headlines in 2012 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japanese-researchers-make-speech-jamming-gun/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/japanese-researchers-make-speec... Here’s the same concept you can try with headphones. https://www.clicktorelease.com/code/speech-jammer/ https://www.clicktorelease.com/code/speech-jammer/
• Zigurd 5y ago
  This explanation makes a lot of sense. I was scrolling through the thread looking to see if this just some rumor or a made-up technology. When I traveled to China frequently enough to soak up some aspects of city life I really enjoyed seeing the outdoor activities: Dancing grannies, martial arts classes in parks, old guys playing cards on folding tables in alleyways.