March172012
kateoplis: Japanese researchers build a gun capable of stopping speakers in mid-sentence | MIT Technology Review The drone of speakers who won’t stop is an inevitable experience at conferences, meetings, cinemas, and public libraries.  Today, Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University, both in Japan, present a radical solution: a speech-jamming device that forces recalcitrant speakers into submission.  The idea is simple. Psychologists have known for some years that it is almost impossible to speak when your words are replayed to you with a delay of a fraction of a second. Kurihara and Tsukada have simply built a handheld device consisting of a microphone and a  speaker that does just that: it records a person’s voice and replays it to them with a delay of about 0.2 seconds. The microphone and speaker are directional so the device can be aimed at a speaker from a distance, like a gun. In tests, Kurihara and Tsukada say their speech jamming gun works well: “The system can disturb remote people’s speech without any physical discomfort.” 

kateoplis:

Japanese researchers build a gun capable of stopping speakers in mid-sentence | MIT Technology Review

The drone of speakers who won’t stop is an inevitable experience at conferences, meetings, cinemas, and public libraries. 

Today, Kazutaka Kurihara at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Koji Tsukada at Ochanomizu University, both in Japan, present a radical solution: a speech-jamming device that forces recalcitrant speakers into submission. 

The idea is simple. Psychologists have known for some years that it is almost impossible to speak when your words are replayed to you with a delay of a fraction of a second. Kurihara and Tsukada have simply built a handheld device consisting of a microphone and a  speaker that does just that: it records a person’s voice and replays it to them with a delay of about 0.2 seconds. The microphone and speaker are directional so the device can be aimed at a speaker from a distance, like a gun. In tests, Kurihara and Tsukada say their speech jamming gun works well: “The system can disturb remote people’s speech without any physical discomfort.” 

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March152012
w4nderlusst: avi0n: sem título by natasha basacchi on Flickr. gimme.

w4nderlusst:

avi0n:

sem título by natasha basacchi on Flickr.

gimme.

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March102012

rgnrd:

Hello, welcome to the library.

Can I help you find a book?

An encyclopedia?

Your doom?

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March22012

Life is beautiful.: How To Spot A Reader

decodedjoy:

  1. They know more than you do… about everything.
  2. They often use words that you secretly have to look up later.
  3. They have magical cards that get them books for free.
  4. They speak the names of people whom you’ve never met; who live in different countries, who lived in other centuries.
  5. Their purse/bag/briefcase is always a bit heavier than yours (which you later find out is equivalent to the weight of a book).

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books library 

February182012

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February132012

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February12012
2lions: 本棚のあるカフェ by soreikea on Flickr.

2lions:

本棚のあるカフェ by soreikea on Flickr.

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January202012
ohsomethingbeautiful: there’s something about walking into a bookstore. it’s like a sense of calmness.  

ohsomethingbeautiful:

there’s something about walking into a bookstore. it’s like a sense of calmness.  
11PM
awakemysoullittlelionman: I Love Books. “A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.” These books are a few of my favorites… Granted there is a bit of Hemingway. There is some Classics. There is some new stuff. Yet all is good (Taken with instagram)

awakemysoullittlelionman:

I Love Books. “A good book on your shelf is a friend that turns its back on you and remains a friend.” These books are a few of my favorites… Granted there is a bit of Hemingway. There is some Classics. There is some new stuff. Yet all is good (Taken with instagram)
11PM

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