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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Mosquito Ringtone - Test the Frequencies You Can Hear

Okay, you probably heard about the Mosquito, there has been a lot of hype and coverage about it. We posted a while back about it when it first came out but if you didn't read our post, its a device that outputs a high frequency that only young people can hear. Well, some kids in the UK turned the frequency into a ringtone so they can hear their phone ring or receive texts without their teacher knowing.

Anyway, the ring tone plays at about 17,000 Hz. Test to see what your limit is. i can hear up to 18 kHz.

Mad props to Ochen k. [http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63] for these sounds.
10,000 Hz
11,000 Hz
12,000 Hz
13,000 Hz
14,000 Hz
15,000 Hz
16,000 Hz
17,000 Hz
18,000 Hz
19,000 Hz
20,000 Hz
21,000 Hz
22,000 Hz
23,000 Hz
24,000 Hz
25,000 Hz

For more information (sources)
http://www.ochenk.com/entry.php?id=63
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/content/articles/2006/04/04/mosquito_sound_wave_feature.shtml
http://www.textually.org/ringtonia/archives/2006/05/012473.htm

1 Comments:

  • wow, that's pretty nifty, but...how do i make the ringing stop?! I think I'm deaf now. haha.

    By Blogger David, at 6/16/2006 2:05 PM  

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