by Calimore » January 25th, 2009, 12:15 pm
Interesting thread...
In actuality, whatthe75 is referring to 'binaural beats', an effect used to create a specified frequency (or frequencies) within the mind of a listener.
While the frequency range dldrip is talking about may be below our threshold of awareness, that doesn't mean that it cannot effect us. Lower frequencies tend to travel and resonate quite well. I would not be surprised to find that there are loud sounds created by motor vehicles that are in the theta range, but I would be surprised to find that they didn't produce sounds in the other frequency ranges which effect the human mind, too (especially delta).
Want to get a colicky baby to sleep when nothing else works? Go for a drive - it works almost every time. And I cannot count how many times, as a child, I was lulled off into slumber after 20 minutes or more of just riding in a car.
Unfortunately, I doubt anyone of importance in Detroit would give a rat's ass about this kind of thing, but I bet there might be an engineer at Honda or Subaru, or maybe at SAAB, that would like to ponder and maybe even study this concept. Ultimately, this may be an addressable safety issue. A company that broke ground in this field could possibly use it to leverage themselves into a more favorable market position in what has become a very competitive industry.
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