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posted by mrpg on Wednesday March 07 2018, @05:40AM   Printer-friendly
from the I-hear-you dept.

"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


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by anubi on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:49AM

    by anubi (2828) on Wednesday March 07 2018, @06:49AM (#648907) Journal

    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.

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