Comments on: Touched Echo Interactive Exhibit Uses Bone Conduction Technology

By: Marybeth

Marybeth — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:24:00 +0000

anyone know how i can build one of these? seriously – need to find someone for a real project!!

By: Eli Trachtenberg

Eli Trachtenberg — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:17:18 +0000

Holding a shell up to your ear: The noise you hear is the air reverberating through the spirals of the shell.

BCT: Sending sound waves using rails/your body as a conductor instead of air, and sending it at the right frequency and amplitude for it to sound normal by the time it reaches your ears.

Yeah, not exactly the same.

By: Mai Mourad

Mai Mourad — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:28:57 +0000

to shoplowers: dude that's a total different thing you're talking about. BCT transfers electric impulses to mechanical ones, where pre-registered sound is heard directly through the bone, even people with impaired hearing can listen to, and has a high degree of clarity. the sea-shell only reflects ambient noise, that has nothing to do with the ocean. try putting a cup close to your ear

By: steve-o

steve-o — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:12:11 +0000

I am curious what transducers were used? there are several ones like “whispering windows' that might work for this. did you have to make your own?

By: steve-o

steve-o — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:12:11 +0000

I am curious what transducers were used? there are several ones like “whispering windows' that might work for this. did you have to make your own?

By: Tips Photo

Tips Photo — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:38:18 +0000

Thanks for the post.

By: a

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:26:14 +0000

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By: a

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:26:14 +0000

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By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:44:01 +0000

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By: ShopLowes_NOW

ShopLowes_NOW — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:04:53 +0000

For fucks sake. “Bone Conduction Technology”? Yeah, BCT, for short. Because you know, holding your arms on a fucking rail is kinda like putting a shell up to your ear at the beach … the two are pretty much exactly the same.

Oh, how post-modern of me.

If I wanted to hear the sounds of falling bombs I'd join the military.