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Shhhhh… Years after an alien invasion, Jake (me) quietly ekes out a meager existence while avoiding the sound-sensitive alien race that’s hunting him. Although every sound could spell disaster, it provides the perfect opportunity to explore what is sound, what it means to hear, and if we can actually weaponize sound to explode some heads?

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0:00 A Very Quiet Place
2:14 How Sound Works
4:00 What Is Quiet?
6:32 Feeling & Seeing Sound
10:50 Weaponizing Sound
14:15 The Sound Cannon
17:43 The Fun Never Ends

ADDITIONAL LEARNING

• Sound – Loud & Quiet
1) https://www.nasa.gov/specials/X59/sci...
2) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/un...
3) https://www.zmescience.com/science/th...
4) https://www.americanscientist.org/art...

• Feeling & Seeing Sound
1) https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.har...
2) https://neosensory.com/
3) https://99designs.com/blog/design-oth...
4) https://www.fatherly.com/play/blow-th...

• Acoustical Weapons
1) https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss...
2) https://www.history.com/news/sonic-we...
3) https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/sonic-...
4) https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/03/...

• Decibels and Anechoic Chambers
1) https://www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...
2) https://www.nist.gov/system/files/doc...
3) https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/o...
4) https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov...