{"id":100527,"date":"2020-01-05T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T20:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-other-medusa-a-microwave-sound-weapon"},"modified":"2020-01-11T23:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T07:28:57","slug":"the-other-medusa-a-microwave-sound-weapon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/the-other-medusa-a-microwave-sound-weapon","title":{"rendered":"The Other MEDUSA: A Microwave Sound Weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-other-medusa-a-microwave-sound-weapon2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MEDUSA appears to be a popular name for directed energy weapons. There\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/defense\/2007\/08\/meet-the-medusa.html\">MEDUSA I wrote about yesterday, a high-energy beam weapon<\/a> one company hopes could destroy tanks and planes. And then there\u2019s another MEDUSA, a nonlethal microwave weapon that was briefly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navysbirprogram.com\/NavySearch\/Summary\/summary.aspx?pk=F5B07D68-1B19-4235-B140-950CE2E19D08\" target=\"_blank\">funded by the Navy<\/a> that uses \u201csilent audio\u201d (the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microwave_auditory_effect\" target=\"_blank\">auditory effect from microwaves<\/a>). In other words, it makes you hear things in your head:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\\'blog-photo\\' href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/images_blogs\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/08\/16\/hyper_microwave_22_gr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/images_blogs\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/08\/16\/hyper_microwave_22_gr.jpg\" alt=\"Hyper_microwave_22_gr\" title=\"Hyper_microwave_22_gr\"><\/a><br \/> The main goal of the Phase I project wad to design and build a breadboard prototype of a temporary personnel incapacitation system called MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio). This non-lethal weapon is based on the well established microwave auditory effect (MAE). MAE results in a strong sound sensation in the human head when it is irradiated with specifically selected microwave pulses of low energy. Through the combination of pulse parameters and pulse power, it is possible to raise the auditory sensation to the \u201cdiscomfort\u201d level, deterring personnel from entering a protected perimeter or, if necessary, temporarily incapacitating particular individuals. *<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The idea of the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2005\/08\/23\/AR2005082301227_pf.html\" target=\"_blank\">Voice of God<\/a>\u201d weapon (a weapon that makes you hear voices in your head) has been around for a while, and this small business contract was but one one modest, and likely unrelated, offshoot of other microwave-auditory effect research. The company stated at the end of \u201cphase one\u201d of this research: \u201cAn operating frequency was chosen \u2014 Hardware requirements were established (commercial magnetron, high-voltage pulse former) \u2014 Hardware was designed and built \u2014 Power measurements were taken and the required pulse parameters confirmed \u2014 Experimental evidence of MAE was observed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEDUSA appears to be a popular name for directed energy weapons. There\u2019s the MEDUSA I wrote about yesterday, a high-energy beam weapon one company hopes could destroy tanks and planes. And then there\u2019s another MEDUSA, a nonlethal microwave weapon that was briefly funded by the Navy that uses \u201csilent audio\u201d (the auditory effect from microwaves). 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