| Over the road trucks make noise as the tires cause | | | | we will be able to pin point it's exact location and thus |
| friction on the roadway. Many cities have found this to | | | | once this occurs and the technology is actually here, |
| be aggravating and have built huge sound walls | | | | Arthur C Clarke will be proven correct once again. |
| deflecting the sound waves away from neighborhoods | | | | Now we can mount mini-units on aircraft and balloons |
| near such freeways, tool ways and highways. This is | | | | to hear the ground and pick up tid-bits of information |
| one option to keep the NIMBY element happy in their | | | | and intelligence. Georgia Tech has a balloon, full |
| perceived quality of life.The sound waves bounce off | | | | controllable which has a cell phone antenna in a |
| the walls and stay out of the housing areas. Some | | | | sphere.Much work has also been done in the ability to |
| cities such as PHX, AZ are experimenting with | | | | use voice commands and voice recognition by |
| different road way surfaces which dampen noise, they | | | | eliminating multiple back ground noise. This assist the |
| actually work real well, unfortunately other such | | | | NSA, multi-terra byte gathering cell phone |
| projects with surface technology fall short and actually | | | | conversations for Homeland Security and being able to |
| cause increased friction on the tires of vehicles and | | | | identify specific voice patterns, inflections, key words, |
| therefore you trade off reduced efficiency on the cars | | | | etc, this data can be analyzed instantaneously by |
| and trucks for the quite feature. This is bad because | | | | computers working in grid. Since all this technology |
| you are using more fuel and creating more pollution | | | | exists, it is now possible to attain much of the sound |
| increasing wear and tear on the vehicles to save | | | | leaving the tires of a truck.There are ways to |
| noise. Then you have to ask which is more important, | | | | incorporate structural integrity and support structures |
| clean air or noise pollution.Which the EPA is also | | | | of the under frames of tractor-trailers and the bobtail |
| looking into and adding to its requirements and we will | | | | trucks to capture or dampen sound. By dampening |
| soon see massive additional legislation. Cars for | | | | sound from escaping and collecting that sound which |
| instance in CA new exhaust law are 95 decibels. | | | | remains we can use this sound to power up small |
| There is no doubt that an OZZY OZBORNE will | | | | devices, which can save lives and add to the |
| effect your hearing if you go to concerts, but freeway | | | | efficiency of the vehicle. For instance, running network |
| noise from larger vehicles such as over the road | | | | sensors, keeping 48 volt batteries charges to the |
| trucks is more of a nuisance. Although folks, if you go | | | | needed levels, all of which means less horsepower is |
| to the store and your favorite product is not on the | | | | needed to run the vehicle and charge batteries.Such |
| shelf, well that too can be very aggravating and quite | | | | devises can be mini-nano-tech type devises which can |
| a nuisance.Noise and acoustics is a science and we | | | | run small compressors which can keep tires properly |
| know how sound travels and where it is traveling too | | | | inflated, temperature control mechanisms on the trailers |
| and with roads and airflows associated we do know | | | | for food safety, be used for trailer braking mechanism |
| the direction of the sound as it relates to the direction | | | | back-ups, etc. And once it is installed it is free energy |
| and speed of vehicles. Stealth aircraft have noise | | | | from wasted energy. The reason this is important is |
| dampeners and sound rooms for recording have | | | | that it is free and we are seeing obtrusive and costly |
| ways of keeping sound in. Sound can also be directed | | | | regulations to soon be enforced by the EPA. This will |
| as in the special microphones, which are worn by TV | | | | do nothing more than give credence to states like CA |
| people.Sound can be amplified and heard long | | | | to use it as a source of fees and fines by adding to |
| distances as in spy equipment. Sound waves can be | | | | such legislation, to prove progressiveness even though |
| made to be very directional. Both in sending and | | | | they are the most unfriendly state to trucks and rail in |
| recieving. Radio Telescopes and Surveillance | | | | the nation.Rail Cars also make noise and have the |
| technologies also use sound waves. Some day Radio | | | | potential to run their refrigerated Box cars and other |
| Telescopes will be put on the Moon and on satellites to | | | | systems with this extra noise and squealing sound. |
| hear and protect us. A sound occurs and immediately | | | | |