SpeechJammer aka the Shut Up Gun: an invention with many uses

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Speech Jammer

When you aim the SpeechJammer at someone, it records that person’s voice and plays it back to him with a delay of a few hundred milliseconds. This seems to gum up the brain’s cognitive processes — a phenomenon known as delayed auditory feedback — and can painlessly render the person unable to speak. Kazutaka Kurihara, one of the SpeechJammer’s creators, sees it as a tool to prevent loudmouths from overtaking meetings and public forums, and he’d like to miniaturize his invention so that it can be built into cellphones. “It’s different from conventional weapons such as samurai swords,” Kurihara says. “We hope it will build a more peaceful world.”Catherine Rampell

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  1. Great tool for political meetings!

    First political types to use this “Speech Jammer” on should be Marsha Abell, Connie Robinson and Jim Raben!

  3. Don’t forget to add the political two face Sheriff, Eric Williams to the “SPEECH JAMMER” this list!

  4. Add Mosby, Weaver, O’Daniel, Adams and Robinson to the “Speech Jammer” list.

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