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Touched Echo Interactive Exhibit Uses Bone Conduction Technology

Started by dponce80 · 10 months ago

By Andrew Liszewski
Most large museums and art galleries today provide some kind of personal audio device that visitors can carry with them if they wish to learn more about the various exhibits on display. A similar idea has been implemented at the Brühl’s Terrace in Dresden, Ger ... Continue reading »

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  • David Ponce

    11 months ago

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  • Anonymous

    11 months ago

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  • Anonymous

    11 months ago

    I've got some Questions!

    That seems awesome, but wouldn't the sounds be different to different people?
    Is there a lot of interference?
    And say I had no hands, do I simply put my head up against the rails?
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  • Jim

    11 months ago

    To poster above:
    The difference that people would hear would vary according to clothing, tissue composition (muscle to fat ratio) and how well they contacted the rail and their ears. Putting you head on the rail would work. That's how you can tell how far away a train is from you.
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  • Fat Elbow

    11 months ago

    What if I have very fat elbows? Could my elbow bone get close enough to the rail to conduct sound?
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  • Anonymous

    10 months ago

    to fat elbow........ lost some weight tuby :3
    lol im sorry just messin with ya :P
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  • Golden-brown K Squeeze

    10 months ago

    I have pictures of myself standing right there last April while on vacation and those things were NOT there. I am SO bummed that I missed it!



    steet
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  • Anonymous

    10 months ago

    ah! I'd love to try these... I've been playing around with some bone conductive earpieces recently for a project, and actually, I think you should be able to very very very clearly hear everything if you just rest your jaw on the railing, and use your fingers to plug your ears. I'd try that if I had the chance to visit this ;) I liked the designer's intent of mimicking a shielding position should one really face an air raid. cheers!
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  • Bosco

    10 months ago

    if you had no hands you would put your elbows on the rails, if you DID have hands you would put your elbows on the rails. IF you had reading comprehension problems you'd ask stupid questions while thinking you were having a deep thought. But suppose you had really wanted to ask "what if I had no arms." Then you could not balance when you tried to walk so you would approach the rail in a wheelchair. Which is just the right height to stick your head up someone's arse and use their elbows.
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  • KOri

    10 months ago

    All those people look like theyre contemplating suicide :S
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  • mugwumpman

    9 months ago

    Great idea, and commemoration!
    Surely this could be put to more use though, for e.g. tourist information about the area? You could have a section of railing for English commentary, a section for French etc.
    That'd be really useful and cool.
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  • monkeyspoon

    8 months ago

    that would be the most awesome thing if the audio was also binaural.

    very freaky
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  • Escoofield

    8 months ago

    Hahahahhaha that is cool :)

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    Have Fun!
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  • StupidAmerican

    8 months ago

    There is so much cool stuff out there. Too bad they do not want you to know about this stuff in the states.
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  • Scott

    8 months ago

    Freakin' love it!
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  • joryoh

    8 months ago

    This is a great idea!
    you can do the same thing with a tuning fork from a guitar. Just get the fork ringing and touch the ball-end to your clenched jaw.
    I've been doing this for years, and to see the concept applied to this kind of technology is brilliant!
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  • krembo99.com

    7 months ago

    very very cool thing ..
    I wonder how clear the sound is, and if you can use this method for any sound ..
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  • ShopLowes_NOW

    7 months ago

    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.
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  • Jenny

    7 months ago

    That sounds cool.! Talk about touch sensitive...did everyone hear about this plant that MOVES when you Tickle It. This is NO joke. It's called the TickleMe Plant. I saw it at my friends house and now Im growing my own indoors. The leaves instantly fold and even the branches sway when Tickled! I found it on line at http://www.ticklemeplant.com
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  • a

    6 months ago

    That latin chick is fit.
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  • Tips Photo

    4 months ago

    Thanks for the post.
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  • steve-o

    3 months ago

    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?
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