Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 You may remember a while back about a store in England using sound to drive off teenagers, the store that got sued? Well, read what kids are doing with that info now. If the little brats put that much energy into their studies, the US would be top of the world. New York Schoolkids Use Cell-Phone Ring Tone Teachers Can't Hear Monday, June 12, 2006 NEW YORK — Students are using a new ring tone to receive messages in class — and many teachers can't even hear the ring. Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too high-pitched to be heard by most adults. With it, high schoolers can receive text message alerts on their cell phones without the teacher knowing. As people age, many develop what's known as aging ear — a loss of the ability to hear higher-frequency sounds. • Click here to hear, or not hear, a sound at the pitch of the ring tone (New York Times), and the ring tone itself (BBC). The ring tone is a spin-off of technology that was originally meant to repel teenagers — not help them. A Welsh security company developed the tone to help shopkeepers disperse young people loitering in front of their stores while leaving adults unaffected. The company called their product the "Mosquito." Donna , a teacher in Manhattan, told the New York Times her colleague played the ring for a classroom of first-graders — and all of them could hear it, while the adults couldn't hear anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I hear something like a droning noise, like a fan, but it isn't high pitched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I hear something like a droning noise, like a fan, but it isn't high pitched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I would have thought they'd figure out something like this? Do any of you hear anything? I hear something but not a high pitched noise. It annoys me as though it were high-pitched, though. > > You may remember a while back about a store in England using sound to drive > off teenagers, the store that got sued? Well, read what kids are doing with > that info now. If the little brats put that much energy into their studies, > the US would be top of the world. > > > > New York Schoolkids Use Cell-Phone Ring Tone Teachers Can't Hear > Monday, June 12, 2006 > > NEW YORK †" Students are using a new _ring tone_ (javascript:siteSearch('ring > tone') to receive messages in class †" and many teachers can't even hear > the ring. > Some students are downloading a ring tone off the Internet that is too > high-pitched to be heard by most adults. With it, high schoolers can receive text > message alerts on their _cell phones_ > (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199119,00.html#) without the teacher knowing. > As people age, many _develop_ > (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,199119,00.html#) what's known as aging ear †" a loss of the ability to hear > higher-frequency sounds. > _• Click here to hear, or not hear, a sound at the pitch of the ring tone > (New York Times)_ > (http://graphics.nytimes.com/packages/audio/nyregion/20060610_RINGTONE ..mp3) , _and the ring tone itself (BBC)._ > (http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/audio/mosquito_sound.mp3) > The ring tone is a spin-off of technology that was originally meant to repel > teenagers †" not help them. > A Welsh security company developed the tone to help shopkeepers disperse > young people loitering in front of their stores while leaving adults unaffected. > The company called their product the " _Mosquito_ > (javascript:siteSearch('Mosquito') . " > Donna , a teacher in Manhattan, told the New York Times her colleague > played the ring for a classroom of first-graders †" and all of them could hear > it, while the adults couldn't hear anything. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 I heard it too when I watched the nes stories about this. VISIGOTH@... wrote: I hear something like a droning noise, like a fan, but it isn't high pitched. If you love something, set it free! So it is with books. See what I mean atwww.bookcrossing.com/friend/nheckoblogcritics.orghttp://notesfromnancy.blogspot.com Heckofreelance proofreadernancygailus@... __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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