It’s such a bummer to get stuck with a person who doesn’t know how to
shut up. If only there’s a way to shut them up without hurting their
feelings (or punching their faces. Haha!) A pair of Japanese researchers
just might have the answer.
Kazutaka Kurihara from the National Institute of Advanced Science and
Technology and Koji Tsukada from Ochanomizu University were the brains
behind this device they coined as the “SpeechJammer”
It takes the form of a gun and you point it at the person’s mouth to
commence peace and quiet. It works by recording the person’s voice
through a directional microphone. It then adds a 0.2 second delay and
fires the recorded speech back to the loquacious speaker. The brain
needs instant feedback to continue speaker. Hearing a constant echo of
their voice disrupts with this system and brings the “target” to a
sudden halt.
In a paper describing their invention, Kurihara and Tsukuda
emphasized that communication maybe an important medium to resolve
conflicts, but too much of it may add fuel to the fire.
The SpeechJammer is confirmed to shut up even the loudest
chatterboxes. It is an oversized gun that looks like it can wipe your
memory out. Just pointing the monstrosity that is the SpeechJammer is
enough to get a shock. Add in a sneer and evil laugh and you don’t have
to turn it on!
The SpeechJammer may be the best in stopping speech, it has no power
of stopping that annoyed person you just pointed a weird gun at. Try
staying at most 30 feet away just in case.
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