Japan invents speech-jamming gun that silences people mid-sentence

MyFox Orlando ^ | 02 March 2012

[jda]

TOKYO (Newscore) - Japanese researchers have invented a speech-jamming gadget that painlessly forces people into silence.

Kazutaka Kurihara of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, and Koji Tsukada of Ochanomizu University, developed a portable "SpeechJammer" gun that can silence people more than 30 meters away.

The device works by recording its target's speech then firing their words back at them with a 0.2-second delay, which affects the brain's cognitive processes and causes speakers to stutter before silencing them completely.

Describing the device in their research paper, Kurihara and Tsukada wrote, "In general, human speech is jammed by giving back to the speakers their own utterances at a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This effect can disturb people without any physical discomfort, and disappears immediately by stopping speaking."

They found that the device works better on people who were reading aloud than engaged in "spontaneous speech" and it cannot stop people making meaningless sounds, such as "ahhh," that are uttered over a long time period.

Kurihara and Tsukada suggested the speech-jamming gun could be used to hush noisy speakers in public libraries or to silence people in group discussions who interrupt other people's speeches.

"There are still many cases in which the negative aspects of speech become a barrier to the peaceful resolution of conflicts," the authors said.

[jda]

... painlessly forces people into silence.

Think of the possibilities:

- Obama speeches and rants

They found that the device works better on people who were reading aloud than engaged in "spontaneous speech" {emphasis added}

Like I said, Obama (teleprompter-assisted) speeches and other rants (but I repeat myself).

[Lonely Bull]

Think of the possibilities:

But "it cannot stop people making meaningless sounds."

[muir_redwoods]

I married one of those

[jda]

I married one of those

Let me guess - your's only works on one person, huh?

I'm still laughing!

[Telepathic Intruder]

All you need to do in Obama’s case is turn off his teleprompter. The equivalent of “Shut up, Stella”.

[meyer]

I could definitely put this to work on the job. We’ve got a couple of “know-it-alls” that cannot refrain from interjecting their “expert” opinion into everybody’s conversations.

[Ken H]

I say this is bullshi

[csense]

...it cannot stop people making meaningless sounds...

So I guess that means it doesn't work on politicians. Just our luck..

[mazda77]

Hannity needs one for those idiots he seems to attract to calling his show. I GOT IT! Give one to anyone who appears on BOR! His rating would go even higher and the guest would finally get to answer his questions.

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Japan invents speech-jamming gun that silences people mid-sentence

Those Japanese copy everything. Smith and Wesson developed a product many years ago that will do the same thing.

[Larry Lucido]

Radio broadcaster headphones do the same thing. Doesn’t shut them up.

[Larry Lucido]

This works too.

[wiggen]

“The device works by recording its target’s speech then firing their words back at them with a 0.2-second delay, which affects the brain’s cognitive processes and causes speakers to stutter before silencing them completely. “

Affect the cognitive process and its harmless? I bet they run a few tests and they’ll find harm.

[TalBlack]

“The device works by recording its target’s speech then firing their words back at them with a 0.2-second delay, which affects the brain’s cognitive processes and causes speakers to stutter before silencing them completely.”

This will only work for a short while if the subject doesn’t expect it. Put on a pair of head phones, jack up the volume, set a dely unit for .02 and talk.

“There are still many cases in which the negative aspects of speech become a barrier to the peaceful resolution of conflicts,” the authors said.”

This guy sounds like a textbook tyrant.

[Vermont Lt]

Memo to self: when rioting in Japan, remember to read our chants...and wear ear plugs.

I hope they don’t spend too much on this.

[maddog55]

Take away Obama’s teleprompter and we have the same weapon.

[count-your-change]

Two of the researchers got into a shootout with the guns. They haven't spoken to each other for weeks.

[lowbridge]

Just wait until the liberals get their hands on this weapon.

[jmcenanly]

Hannity needs one for those idiots he seems to attract to calling his show.
Simply feeding back the incoming phone call would have the same effect.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Radio broadcaster headphones do the same thing. Doesn’t shut them up.

A friend of mine was fooling with his new (back in the 1960s) hi fi, and stumbled onto this when recording his own voice and listening to the reproduction of it with a delay due to the distance between the record and reproduce heads of the tape recorder. He used earphones - and we all tried it and had a good laugh. Still remember him saying, “I . . . caaan’t . . . taaallk . . . en . . ey . . . faaas . . . terrr!

LOL!