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New billboard puts voices in your head

soundad.jpgSo there you are, walking down the street, when you hear a voice in your head. And instead of the regular voice, the one that tells you that you want a cheeseburger or that you should buy more video games, this one is an unfamiliar one telling you to watch a new TV show. Are you going crazy? Perhaps, but that's not the cause of this. Nope, it's just a new form of advertising. Awesome!

Yes, there's a new add in Soho in Manhattan that uses a speaker beaming down an "audio spotlight" that only you can hear, making it sound like it's coming from inside your own head. Is nothing sacred? If advertisers can start beaming sound into our heads from afar, what's next? In-dream advertising? I weep for the future.

Ad Age, via Boing Boing Gadgets

 
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anakonda:
Meh, I don't know... with so many people with guns in this country someone will take care of those speakers pretty ...More »


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By SpookyG at 5:29 AM ON 12/14/07

Yes, exactly. Advertising in your dreams. See Futurama for further proof...:)

By anakonda at 12:21 PM ON 12/17/07

Meh, I don't know... with so many people with guns in this country someone will take care of those speakers pretty quick...


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