Looking through the April issue of Wired Magazine, I came across an article that really creeped me out. The Article was called " Its All in Your Head" and it discussed a new advertising medium called hypersonic sound.
What is that your probably wondering? Well prepare to be absolutely shocked if you haven't heard about it yet. Advertising companies have been experimenting with tapping into our heads, literally. The way hypersonice sound works is it broadcasts audio into a focused beam so that only the person who is standing in its path can hear the message.
Clive Thompson, who wrote the article, was walking in Manhattan when he heard a women's voice and could not figure out where it was coming from. He soon learned that it was the cable channel A & E trying to promote their show about the paranormal. Thompson was fascinated but at the same time he felt creeped out, and I do not blame his reaction. Thompson questioned if we have a right to "mental privacy" and I think we definitly do.
I think that all these new researches are pretty compelling but at the same time I really think that I would go nuts if I was walking down the street and couldn't identify where the "noises" in my head were coming from. I think we're already bombarded with enough messages throughout the day without anyone literally being tapped into our heads.
How would you guys feel?
