Comments on: LRADs: Silenced by Sound

By: Torture music redux « eartotheground

Torture music redux « eartotheground — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:55:34 +0000

[...] pain, thus running the risk of producing permanent hearing loss in those targeted by the weapon. Weird Vibrations breaks down the questionable use of these devices: This is something of a loophole in the ethical treatment of [...]

By: Ben Tausig

Ben Tausig — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:28:41 +0000

Thanks for this, Jack. LRADs have been used in maritime contexts for a good bit longer than in urban settings. Commercial ships have used them to war off pirates, for example.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:17:06 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocxDKf1E_Hg&fe... See above video for LRADs being used by whalers against protestors!

By: wayneandwax.com » Sounds Physical

wayneandwax.com » Sounds Physical — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:54:16 +0000

[...] going to take a page from MBQ’s playbook and reblog a rather interesting post on sound cannons (aka LRADs, Long Range Acoustic Devices) by fellow ethnomusicoloblogger, Ben Tausig, who is writing [...]

By: MBQ

MBQ — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:12:56 +0000

Ben this is awesome (in an obviously fucked up way) – I stole your entire post and put it on my blog. BTW, hope all's well with you.