Re:Ultrasonic Payments
by veb on Tuesday June 07, 2022 @10:17PM
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This is such a cool experiment. Anything that involves sound like this is extremely interesting to me (I have a cochlear implant). Maybe I can hack it so I know when people are making payments :D
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Awh, Can you give a idea of how much nuisance such devices can cause you daily? Also is there a way to prevent cochlear implants from detecting these frequencies? (like do only some cochlear implants do this or most of them do)
I really wanna use tech like this sometimes in future, but I also wanna care about accessiblity.
Re:Ultrasonic Payments
by sdrothrock on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:04AM
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I also have a cochlear implant; it doesn't allow me to hear ultrasonic frequencies -- in fact, my hearing range is still a subset of "normal."
Re:Ultrasonic Payments
by mercurywells on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @01:15AM
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I have one as well, and I've noticed that area proximity detectors (in hallways used to detect presence/motion) do get picked up and come through as loud pops.
There are also electricity poles with a strong EM field that cause a humming sound.
Re:Ultrasonic Payments
by shepherdjerred on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @02:54AM
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How loud? These are audible to me without an implant (unless some are audible and some are inaudible)