Just a quick one today. A friend started talking about wanting a 3d microphone. Which being a bit high at the time sent my thoughts racing down how a thing like that would work. Quickly returning the though of triangulation of the sound using the know quantities of the speed of sound, and the distance between the microphones. Those are all you need to calculate where a sound originates, Once here it was easy to imagine listening to your favorite performance as if you were sitting in the middle of it. Being able to point to a location in the room and say thats where the guitarist is standing. Of course the recording is only half the equation, and my natural tendency toward playing devils advocate was only to happy to point out. Without a surround sound system correctly set up the effect would be diluted, or dispelled completely. Crap this would for sure limit the appeal, I mean getting the settings right is the biggest pain in the butt for surround sound systems. That was when it hit me. Take that same concept, and reverse it. Make a smart phone app that has access to the microphone, and the settings and playback on the surround sound system. The app plays a series of tones through the speakers. So the phone tells the surround sound systems to play tones out of the speakers, knowing an approximate direction to expect it from. The app tracks the time between when it triggered the tone to play, and when the mic heard the tone. With that information the app can get a location, and adjust the settings for that to be the sweet spot.
As an aside, Many economists despite mainstream reporting of economic recovery, continue to warn of pending bubble collapses. Now for the most part these types of events have little impact on me directly. That doesn't change my curiosity involving this pseudo science governing our lives. The main question asked over and over is when. Not that I believe you can figure out the exact when, but there is a way to figure out a last possible date. The math for when the system itself can not function, This would give you a collapse by date. Of course it would have to be run regularly as the date would shift as policies are enacted to stave off the inevitable. There are some known qualities, and well understood correlations. Things such as, there is a cap on the maximum interest rate the federal reserve can set, before the US government can no longer afford to borrow the money to keep running. My understanding is this is currently about 3%. There is also a predicable point where if the currency velocity drops below the system grinds to a halt. Even the slow down in currency velocity is predictable, as the wealth is concentrated in fewer hands, the velocity of course slows. These would give a great start point for the math certain end date, almost like the doomsday clock. The other side is psychological, as people lose faith, the systems breaks down. This is going to be tied to large indicators, that may or may not be an accurate reflection of economic health, This does not make them any less predictable. Such as, with compounding interest, there will come a point when people are unable to pretend anymore. A mass holy crap, that can never be repaid, related to the rate of the debt increase, which is speeding up. You can get the psychological by looking where it has already happened.
As always make up your damn mind
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
As an aside, Many economists despite mainstream reporting of economic recovery, continue to warn of pending bubble collapses. Now for the most part these types of events have little impact on me directly. That doesn't change my curiosity involving this pseudo science governing our lives. The main question asked over and over is when. Not that I believe you can figure out the exact when, but there is a way to figure out a last possible date. The math for when the system itself can not function, This would give you a collapse by date. Of course it would have to be run regularly as the date would shift as policies are enacted to stave off the inevitable. There are some known qualities, and well understood correlations. Things such as, there is a cap on the maximum interest rate the federal reserve can set, before the US government can no longer afford to borrow the money to keep running. My understanding is this is currently about 3%. There is also a predicable point where if the currency velocity drops below the system grinds to a halt. Even the slow down in currency velocity is predictable, as the wealth is concentrated in fewer hands, the velocity of course slows. These would give a great start point for the math certain end date, almost like the doomsday clock. The other side is psychological, as people lose faith, the systems breaks down. This is going to be tied to large indicators, that may or may not be an accurate reflection of economic health, This does not make them any less predictable. Such as, with compounding interest, there will come a point when people are unable to pretend anymore. A mass holy crap, that can never be repaid, related to the rate of the debt increase, which is speeding up. You can get the psychological by looking where it has already happened.
As always make up your damn mind
Jack
aka
PanseyBard
