i remember years ago before LRAD cannons were a thing i watched a TED talk from the guy who developed LRAD cannons and he demonstrated the technology for the audience - using soft orchestral music, at its base LRAD is a technology for long-range projection of any sound - and was like ‘haha yeah we sold this shit to the military, no idea what they’re gonna do with it’
this one, it was filmed way back in 2004. LRAD cannons weren’t used against protesters in the US until 2009 during the pittsburgh G20 protests
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i swear to fuck this is why i hate when people share videos of those boston dynamics robots acting like they’re all cute when 10 years down the line they’ll have tasers and pepper spray and mini lrads and millimeter microwave guns and they’ll be using them on protesters
Just for future reference, readers, whenever you see me post a video of some Boston Dynamics robot that moves way too much like an animal, assume there is some minor nervous undertone, even though I’m not the protesting kind.