# New Sound Invention Technology!  Way Cool!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sound-invention-technology-way-cool/190478>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 23, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sound-invention-technology-way-cool/190478 "2003-07-23T20:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sound-invention-technology-way-cool/190478/1 "2003-07-23T20:28:24Z")

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I just saw this article in today’s Hollywood Reporter. I had never seen or heard about this (although I am sure there are some of you who have). Basically, it is a kind of “sound flashlight” that can aim sound to a specific person or place, without anyone else hearing it. Read the article, but this could change a lot of things - rock concerts, movies, musicals, television…I am impressed!

[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/new\_media/article\_display.jsp?vnu\_content\_id=1939141](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/new_media/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1939141)

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**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sound-invention-technology-way-cool/190478/2 "2003-07-23T21:27:29Z")

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You gotta be [fast 'round these parts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=139064).

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-sound-invention-technology-way-cool/190478/3 "2003-07-23T22:53:09Z")

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Hmm…guess I shouldn’t start that thread announcing that New Line Cinema is going to produce, and Peter Jackson direct, a film version of Lord Of The Rings in three parts.

People here probably know that already, huh?