Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Guest Star
Rikky Poynter: youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter
12tone: youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w
Sound device by Benn Jordan: youtube.com/c/BennandGear
Watch the Making Of: youtu.be/q2vZuFTBnik
Shhhhh… Years after an alien invasion, Jake (me) quietly ekes out a meager existence while avoiding the sound-sensitive alien race that’s hunting him. Although every sound *could* spell disaster, it provides the perfect opportunity to explore what is sound, what it means to hear, and if we can actually weaponize sound to explode some heads?
(Click “Show More” for references)
0:00 A Very Quiet Place
2:14 How Sound Works
4:00 What Is Quiet?
6:32 Feeling & Seeing Sound
10:50 Weaponizing Sound
14:15 The Sound Cannon
17:43 The Fun Never Ends
ADDITIONAL LEARNING
• Sound – Loud & Quiet
1) nasa.gov/specials/X59/science-of-sound.html
2) nps.gov/subjects/sound/understandingsound.htm
3) zmescience.com/science/the-loudest-sound-ever-in-mankinds-history
4) americanscientist.org/article/quietest-places-in-the-world
• Feeling & Seeing Sound
1) https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/chladni-plates
2) neosensory.com
3) 99designs.com/blog/design-other/sound-visualization-design-inspiration/https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2814-sound-visualising-sound-waves
4) fatherly.com/play/blow-their-minds-with-just-cornstarch-water-and-a-speaker
• Acoustical Weapons
1) cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/what_noises_cause_hearing_loss.html
2) history.com/news/sonic-weapons-warfare-acoustic
3) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-warfare
4) https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/03/can-sound-be-used-as-a-weapon-4-questions-answered/
• Decibels and Anechoic Chambers
1) faa.gov/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/noise/basics
2) nist.gov/system/files/documents/calibrations/jasa64-2.pdf
3) atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
4) noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/how-is-sound-measured
Guest Star
Rikky Poynter: youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter
12tone: youtube.com/channel/UCTUtqcDkzw7bisadh6AOx5w
Sound device by Benn Jordan: youtube.com/c/BennandGear
Watch the Making Of: youtu.be/q2vZuFTBnik
Shhhhh… Years after an alien invasion, Jake (me) quietly ekes out a meager existence while avoiding the sound-sensitive alien race that’s hunting him. Although every sound *could* spell disaster, it provides the perfect opportunity to explore what is sound, what it means to hear, and if we can actually weaponize sound to explode some heads?
(Click “Show More” for references)
0:00 A Very Quiet Place
2:14 How Sound Works
4:00 What Is Quiet?
6:32 Feeling & Seeing Sound
10:50 Weaponizing Sound
14:15 The Sound Cannon
17:43 The Fun Never Ends
ADDITIONAL LEARNING
• Sound – Loud & Quiet
1) nasa.gov/specials/X59/science-of-sound.html
2) nps.gov/subjects/sound/understandingsound.htm
3) zmescience.com/science/the-loudest-sound-ever-in-mankinds-history
4) americanscientist.org/article/quietest-places-in-the-world
• Feeling & Seeing Sound
1) https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/presentations/chladni-plates
2) neosensory.com
3) 99designs.com/blog/design-other/sound-visualization-design-inspiration/https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/2814-sound-visualising-sound-waves
4) fatherly.com/play/blow-their-minds-with-just-cornstarch-water-and-a-speaker
• Acoustical Weapons
1) cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/what_noises_cause_hearing_loss.html
2) history.com/news/sonic-weapons-warfare-acoustic
3) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-warfare
4) https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/03/can-sound-be-used-as-a-weapon-4-questions-answered/
• Decibels and Anechoic Chambers
1) faa.gov/regulations_policies/policy_guidance/noise/basics
2) nist.gov/system/files/documents/calibrations/jasa64-2.pdf
3) atlasobscura.com/places/orfield-labs-quiet-chamber
4) noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/have-you-heard/how-is-sound-measured
