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		Device that disrupts device that disrupts a person's speech by repeating by repeating their voice at a delay of a few tenths of a second a few tenths of a second, wins a 2012 Ig Nobel prize. wins a 2012 Ig Nobel prize (phys.org)		62
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bdub77		2012-09-21 11:23:43 AM

We already have that technology. It's called a conference call.

Lumpmoose		2012-09-21 12:06:55 PM

I have the impression that the winners over the years have morphed from obscure and bizarre to interesting and geeky. Each one of those could have its own post on Boing Boing.

SphericalTime		2012-09-21 12:38:21 PM

The demo didn't work during the show (I think the guy was terrified to get that close to a Nobel prize winner), but I did see it work during the rehearsals the night before.

Also: BBC link is better.

Big Beef Burrito		2012-09-21 12:38:45 PM

This has existed since the beginning of retards calling into radio shows without turning down the volume on their own.

Raug the Dwarf		2012-09-21 12:43:21 PM

I deal with this on a regular basis. i go to a remote that's outside or main transmitter range and I have to broadcast through a Smarti. There's about a half second delay on that thing. If you're trying to listen to yourself talk, you're gonna fark it all up.

Just have to keep your head down and concentrate on what you're saying.

maxheck		2012-09-21 12:47:42 PM

Oh great... That's gonna put Miss Sweetie Poo out of a job.

Kuta		2012-09-21 12:48:35 PM

Definitely not be decided.

Wellon Dowd		2012-09-21 12:49:05 PM

Professor Raymond Bice at the University of Virginia used such a device decades ago in this Introduction to Psychology class.

zedster		2012-09-21 12:52:05 PM

bdub77: We already have that technology. It's called a conference call.

new keyboard please

hp6sa		2012-09-21 12:54:04 PM

FTFA: ...a British-American team that won the physics prize for explaining how and why ponytails bounce...

Admit it, scientists: this was basically just using grant money to watch cute girls jogging.

/kudos

basemetal		2012-09-21 12:54:49 PM

This will never be abused by the government, nope, never.

stevetherobot		2012-09-21 12:55:15 PM

Approves.

Chevello		2012-09-21 12:56:23 PM

So, reverb?

Bag of Hammers		2012-09-21 12:57:27 PM

bdub77: We already have that technology. It's called a conference call.

done done in in one one

stevetherobot		2012-09-21 12:57:33 PM

hp6sa: FTFA: ...a British-American team that won the physics prize for explaining how and why ponytails bounce...

Admit it, scientists: this was basically just using grant money to watch cute girls jogging.

/kudos

Was the Jerry Lee Lewis on the research team?

Fano		2012-09-21 01:03:46 PM

Chevello: So, reverb?

I like spaghetti westerns. I like the way the boots are all reverbed out walking across the hardwood floor.

downstairs		2012-09-21 01:04:57 PM

maxheck: Oh great... That's gonna put Miss Sweetie Poo out of a job.

Ha! Thats pretty cute.

downstairs		2012-09-21 01:05:43 PM

Chevello: So, reverb?

Well, technically delay.

mikey15		2012-09-21 01:07:25 PM

oh my do I need this after wifey cleans out a box of wine

rudemix		2012-09-21 01:09:11 PM

Diana Moon Glampers nods in approval.

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

jack21221		2012-09-21 01:10:00 PM

maxheck: Oh great... That's gonna put Miss Sweetie Poo out of a job.

They had two girls playing Miss Sweetie Poo last night. It was great. Got free tickets to go from my physics department at school. It was a glorious night.

Rent Party		2012-09-21 01:10:33 PM

Wh where's m my pr prize ize ize _ize?

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downstairs		2012-09-21 01:11:39 PM

Rent Party: Wh where's m my pr prize ize ize ize?

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+1

maxheck		2012-09-21 01:19:52 PM

jack21221:

maxheck: Oh great... That's gonna put Miss Sweetie Poo out of a job.

They had two girls playing Miss Sweetie Poo last night. It was great. Got free tickets to go from my physics department at school. It was a glorious night.

(shakes tiny fists in envy)

TheGogmagog		2012-09-21 01:26:05 PM

I need an app for that, which I can hold up to morons talking on the phone in checkout lines.

Chevello		2012-09-21 01:27:44 PM

Fano: Chevello: So, reverb?

I like spaghetti westerns. I like the way the boots are all reverbed out walking across the hardwood floor.

Watched "Once Upon a Time in the West" the other night. The boot sounds were awesome.

PirateKing		2012-09-21 01:28:03 PM

Approves.

/Shamble bobble dibble dooble.

DrKillPatient		2012-09-21 01:28:15 PM

Wellon Dowd: Professor Raymond Bice at the University of Virginia used such a device decades ago in this Introduction to Psychology class.

Yup, I remember trying out a device like this when I was a kid in school. There is nothing new here from what I can see.

Chevello		2012-09-21 01:30:02 PM

downstairs: Chevello: So, reverb?

Well, technically delay.

Yeah, okay. Never thought they were different until you made me look it up with that comment.
You made me learn something today.

russlar		2012-09-21 01:31:27 PM

Literature Prize: The US Government General Accountability Office for issuing a report about reports about reports that recommends the preparation of a report about the report about reports about reports

/lolwut

stupiddream		2012-09-21 01:37:02 PM

This is dildos, stops copyings me.

J. Frank Parnell		2012-09-21 01:41:37 PM

Thought i was having a stroke there for a moment.

TheHopeDiamond		2012-09-21 01:47:07 PM

Guess they've never tried Ventrilo.

Keyser_Soze_Death		2012-09-21 01:47:54 PM

aspAddict		2012-09-21 01:53:42 PM

J. Frank Parnell: Thought i was having a stroke there for a moment.

I feel that way on the Politics tab.

Dakai		2012-09-21 02:04:20 PM

That'll really mess you up too. I used to do radio and plugged the headphones into the wrong jack (used for delay) and started speaking on the air, few seconds later I heard voice and it just threw me, I couldn't speak. Not exactly professional I guess, but it will mess you up big time.

Egoy3k		2012-09-21 02:09:57 PM

Anybody who has had voice com problems in CS 1.6 and had to turn on voice loop back to test it already knew about this phenomenon.

cranched		2012-09-21 02:21:54 PM

The engineers at my old radio station in the 70s did this to the on air jocks on a regular basis. The only solution was to take off the headphones.

inner ted		2012-09-21 02:28:39 PM

ProfessorOhki		2012-09-21 02:34:28 PM

TheHopeDiamond: Guess they've never tried Ventrilo.

CLOSE YOUR DAMN MIC

drsewell		2012-09-21 02:55:11 PM

My father did the same thing years ago with a reel to reel, mic and headphones.

Nick Spiceyweiner		2012-09-21 03:37:08 PM

Nothing worse than echo on xbox live, annoys the crap out of me. Didn't know they made that into a program.

DrySocket		2012-09-21 03:50:08 PM

One of these would be awesome to torture the Jesus freaks that scream at everyone on college campuses.

funk_soul_bubby		2012-09-21 04:06:32 PM

I got one already!

resource.noiseguide.com

Gotfire		2012-09-21 04:45:12 PM

Wish we had this capability earlier in the year.

Big_Thumb		2012-09-21 04:47:50 PM

concentrate... concentrate... I've got to concentrate... concentrate... concentrate... Hello?... hello... hello... Echo... echo... echo... Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon... Manny Mota... Mota... Mota...

TheHopeDiamond		2012-09-21 04:48:35 PM

ProfessorOhki: TheHopeDiamond: Guess they've never tried Ventrilo.

CLOSE YOUR DAMN MIC

:c sorry.

Fast Moon		2012-09-21 05:04:31 PM

PirateKing: Approves.

[visualcrack.files.wordpress.com image 800x450]

/Shamble bobble dibble dooble.

Came for that, thank you.

Gimli_Gloin		2012-09-21 05:50:03 PM

Wellon Dowd: Professor Raymond Bice at the University of Virginia used such a device decades ago in this Introduction to Psychology class.

This.

Old news. University of Houston, 1980's