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"A team of computer scientists from the University of Michigan may have solved the mystery behind strange sounds heard by American diplomats in Havana, who later suffered a variety of medical disorders.
Professor Kevin Fu and members of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Michigan say they have an explanation for what could have happened in Havana: two sources of ultrasound — such as listening devices — placed too close together could generate interference and provoke the intense sounds described by the victims."
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Computer scientists may have solved the mystery behind the ‘sonic attacks’ in Cuba
This is an update of previous stories here:
US Embassy Employees in Cuba Possibly Subjected to 'Acoustic Attack'
U.S. State Department Pulls Employees From Cuba, Issues Travel Warning Due to "Sonic Attacks"
A ‘Sonic Attack’ on Diplomats in Cuba? These Scientists Doubt It
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:16AM (1 child)
Warning: Contains acoustic vibrations that may cause severe brain damage. [youtube.com]
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 07 2018, @08:38AM
The warning is warranted.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by tftp on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:24AM (5 children)
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:27AM (3 children)
But if this hypothesis is correct, that's what they should do, tear it apart inch by inch if they have to in order to find these things, do a post-mortem, and potentially revise our understanding of physics.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:43AM
Hire some apprentice interior decorator with a stud / metal / wire detector from the home Depot and find them for 8.75 per hour.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 1) by tftp on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:44AM (1 child)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Arik on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:07AM
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:58AM
Say... what now?
Read once again TFT(itle) and tell me when was the last time you saw a computer scientist touching the hardware.
Listen, isn't it enough their genius found the explanation without visiting the site and with little knowledge of physics and human physiology? You really want them to get (oh, the horror) their hands dirty?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 5, Interesting) by anubi on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:49AM
Likely its ultrasonic presence detectors. I am quite sensitive to these... Nausea results.
I know of several others who react to them the same way. Kinda a sharp pain that you can't say where it is. Its somewhere in my head.
There was one department store where I went to university I avoided for that reason. They would not turn the emitter off during the day. Then I discovered many female students had similar reactions. But not so much among the males.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @07:06AM
Nobody ever ran one regularly in the embassy?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 07 2018, @10:00PM
Maybe there are too many countries snooping on us such that their devices interfered with each other.