Sonic Weapons

[bednobs]

what could sound actually do to you - could it kill you?

[jno]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapon#Usage_and_deployment

be still, my vibrating eyeballs

[douglas9401]

I think so, especially very low frequencies. Some say it what brought down the walls of Jericho, alien sonic weapons, but that might not be true.

And then of course there's modern chart music.

[douglas9401]

^^ slight smiley face ^^

[Old_Geezer]

Of course. It is energy, get hit by enough of it and it'll be a problem.

[jno]

not aliens, just Israelites. Them lamb ram sheep horns began to blow, the trumpets began to sound, Joshua commanded the children to shout and the walls came tumbling down.

[davegosling]

[sapelesam]

Some people have voices that make me want to kill myself.

[douglas9401]

That's not an actual verifiable historic document though, jno. :-)

[jno]

the possibilities are endless, douglas

https://xkcd.com/368/

[CrapAtCryptics]

Most of the current top ten would do it - if I listened to it.

[mikey4444]

This ghastly "bass and drum" so-called music drives me to thoughts of murder, if that is any help bednobs !

[douglas9401]

Drum and bass you old frat. :)

[mikey4444]

Dougie...I will admit to being an old fart but is there really any difference !

[Huderon]

Radio 4 do a series called The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry ... and that is a question they looked into back in June. The conclusion was that at around 160 decibels it could rupture your eardrums (that's a bit louder than standing next to a jet engine) and at around 200 decibels it could collapse your lungs. However to actually get to those levels of sound the kind of kit you would need is a bit too large to be practical.

The podcast can be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g/episodes/downloads along with other programmes from the various series. Just be warned, the podcast starts with some light hearted stuff before getting to the actual question and ends with more light hearted stuff unrelated to the question, but it's worth a listen.

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe one can overcome the practical problem of size by having multiple bits of kit working together. We need a volunteer.