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April 28, 2015

Weaponizing Sound Fire Control

BLDGBLOG: The Los Angeles County Department of Ambient Music vs. The Superfires of Tomorrow
The basic concept, Tran said, is that sound waves are also “pressure waves, and they displace some of the oxygen” as they travel through the air. Oxygen, we all recall from high school chemistry, fuels fire. At a certain frequency, the sound waves “separate the oxygen [in the fire] from the fuel. The pressure wave is going back and forth, and that agitates where the air is. That specific space is enough to keep the fire from reigniting.”
While I'm aware that it's a little strange this would be the first thing to cross my mind, surely this same effect could be weaponized, used to thin the air of oxygen and cause targeted asphyxiation wherever these robot swarms are sent next. After all, even something as simple as an over-loud bass line in your car can physically collapse your lungs: "One man was driving when he experienced a pneumothorax, characterised by breathlessness and chest pain," the BBC reported back in 2004. "Doctors linked it to a 1,000 watt 'bass box' fitted to his car to boost the power of his stereo."

Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 28, 2015 11:43 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Well, we can support this goofy theory by playing:
*Michael Row the Boat Ashore;
*Kumbaya;
*If I Had a Hammer;
*Imagine.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 28, 2015 9:18 PM

Riot control uses loud noises, bright lights, water cannon.
Anyone with an EMP generator can neutralize a lot of that.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 29, 2015 6:15 AM

I heard that the loudest rock concert ever was by Led Zeppelin in 1969 and they had 600 Phase Linear 1000 watt power amps in series and it was so loud 33 people were rendered unconscious.

Posted by: ghostsniper [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 29, 2015 9:22 AM

A Joan Baez concert will put people to sleep.

Posted by: chasmatic [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 30, 2015 6:48 AM

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