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Denge sound mirrors
- mnw21cam 11y agoAt the Goonhilly Earth Station visitor centre (currently closed), there are two sound mirrors set up at opposite ends of the centre indoors, allowing people to communicate across the whole room. The effect is really quite weird.
- zimpenfish 11y agoSt Paul's has the Whispering Gallery which demonstrates a similar principle - http://www.sonicwonders.org/whispering-galleries/ http://www.sonicwonders.org/whispering-galleries/
- madaxe_again 11y agoMany galleries in domes have the same property - if you ever go to a large concave concrete dam, you can use a similar phenomenon to talk to someone on the far side.
- meigwilym 11y agoThere's also an example in Techniquest, Cardiff (UK) www.techniquest.org.
- spiritplumber 11y agohttp://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Tripocalypse.Prologue http://emlia.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Tripocalypse.Prologue Shameless plug: I used this effect in a story, to mute Jesus so that he cannot pass judgement on humanity and end the world.
- kleer001 11y agoAs featured in San Francisco's Exploritorium. And This amazing video of the same name by Coldcut: https://vimeo.com/29148950 https://vimeo.com/29148950