Could You Survive A QUIET PLACE?

Guest Star
Rikky Poynter: https://www.youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter
12tone: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w

Shhhhh… Years after an alien invasion, Jake (me) quietly ekes out a meager existence while avoiding the sound-sensitive alien race that’s hunting him. Although every sound *could* spell disaster, it provides the perfect opportunity to explore what is sound, what it means to hear, and if we can actually weaponize sound to explode some heads?

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0:00 Introduction
2:24 What *is* sound?
3:59 Anechoic Chamber
7:43 How can you hear without actually hearing?
12:30 Can you weaponize sound?
16:08 Wrap Up

ADDITIONAL LEARNING

• Sound – Loud & Quiet
1) https://www.nasa.gov/specials/X59/science-of-sound.html
2) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/understandingsound.htm
3) https://www.zmescience.com/science/the-loudest-sound-ever-in-mankinds-history/
4) https://www.americanscientist.org/article/quietest-places-in-the-world

• Feeling & Seeing Sound
1) https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/chladni-plates
2) https://neosensory.com/
3) https://99designs.com/blog/design-other/sound-visualization-design-inspiration/https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2814-sound-visualising-sound-waves
4) https://www.fatherly.com/play/blow-their-minds-with-just-cornstarch-water-and-a-speaker/

• Acoustical Weapons
1) https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/what_noises_cause_hearing_loss.html
2) https://www.history.com/news/sonic-weapons-warfare-acoustic
3) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-warfare
4) https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/03/can-sound-be-used-as-a-weapon-4-questions-answered/

• Decibels and Anechoic Chambers
1) https://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/noise/basics/
2) https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/calibrations/jasa64-2.pdf
3) https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
4) https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/how-is-sound-measured