Speech jamming gun

[BryanP]

Now this is kind of neat from a technical viewpoint.  I could see it being misused, but also would make for a pretty cool prank toy.

http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27620/

Here's another article by someone who's all freaked out by the potential abuse, but has a picture of the gun:

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/120583-new-speech-jamming-gun-hints-at-dystopian-big-brother-future

[wmenorr67]

Can I try it at a political debate or Presidential speech?

[Doggy Daddy]

This could be a career-buster for Bill O'Reilly! 

DD

[Ben]

Can I try it at a political debate or Presidential speech?

What, are you trying to jump from the sandbox into the Leavenworth?  

[AJ Dual]

I wonder if this will wind up being used on women more.

[Monkeyleg]

That should be standard issue to husbands at every marriage ceremony.

[coppertales]

Ten to one it won't work on wimmin'............................otherwise, someone is going to be a zillionaire...........chris3

[wmenorr67]

Can I try it at a political debate or Presidential speech?

What, are you trying to jump from the sandbox into the Leavenworth?  

More than likely wouldn't work anyway since it stated it doesn't seem to work on random verses such as arrgh, and we all know most of what politicians spew is incoherent anyway.

[CNYCacher]

It works by playing your own words back to you with about a 0.2 second delay.

Having fallen victim to something like this unintentionally before when having an online group chat where certain individuals refuse to use headphones, I can say that it works very very well.  Having your own voice played back into your ear, with the proper delay, will shut down your talking section in your brain.

[HankB]

That should be standard issue to husbands at every marriage ceremony.

I wonder if this will wind up being used on women more.

Ten to one it won't work on wimmin'............................otherwise, someone is going to be a zillionaire...........chris3

There are lower-tech solutions:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRzN713pqWQ

[Boomhauer]

I need to get ahold of one of these. I have a particularly annoying coworker. How annoying? She got married less than a year ago and her husband is already avoiding spending time with her as much as possible.