Archive for September 11th, 2005

My last entry about the Babble device led me on a thread of links that wound up at a Wired article about the company that produces it.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,67951,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5

“It’s as if Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory just yawned wide to welcome us. Only here, all the candy plugs in.”

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Ever wanted a real cone of silence? This company has something that is pretty close: http://www.sonaretechnologies.com/babble.html

It rebroadcasts snippets of your real voice, causing the effect of scrambling what you say so that others cannot understand. It sounds a lot like a room full of people. Very interesting gadget!

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