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Ultrasonic cleaning devices exist, but they only seem to
be able to clean small objects such as jewellery and
model parts. MP3 players also exist, but they only seem
to be able to play sound well below ultrasonic pitch.
They also tend to be fairly quiet. But audio sampling has
been around
a long time and is usually well into the
ultrasonic range, although it doesn't often seem to have
been used for ultrasound. I presume it has been done
but I haven't Googled.
It seems to me that there should be a device which can
do all three. It's a general media player rather than just
playing MP3s. Unlike other audio players, its volume can
be turned up to deafening levels, though not while the
earbuds are attached. It has preloaded ultrasonic audio
files at around 40 kHz and a washing up bowl with a jack
plug. When you wish to do the washing up, you plug the
washing up bowl into the media player, fill it with water
and washing up liquid, turn it on and it vibrates the gunk
off your dishes before draining. If you're pregnant or
have something interesting going on inside your body,
take the media player, cover it in gloop and press it
against the appropriate part of your anatomy, and it will
scan the interior of your body ultrasonically and produce
an image on its screen.
Finally, you can boost the bass and use it for something
else.
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Yes, now that you've described it, it's really quite surprising
that nobody's done it before. |
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Not the dishwasher bit maybe, but I do think a
combined ultrasound scanner/media player is fairly
obvious and simple. |
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You do realize you could easily kill someone with one of these things ? |
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[+], jolly good, carry on. We are happy to quote for components, sub-assemblies, or final products (unpackaged) as long as the quantities are reasonable and you do all the liability stuff. |
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<looks through album covers, and raises eyebrow in
surprise>
"Cradle of Filth? I didn't have you down as a fan?"
"Yes, it's fantastic for doing the dishes." |
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//I do think a combined ultrasound scanner/media player is
fairly obvious and simple// |
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Yes, you could combine the multiple reflectometric pickups,
phase compensators, image deconvoluters, Doppler
compensators, contrast enhancement, range-nulling,
interferometry module, resolution selector module, image
processor, image buffering, background subtraction,
feedback
quenching circuit and depth-of-field corrector of an
ultrasound machine with a simple
MP3 player and Bob's your fetus. |
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//Yes, you could combine the multiple reflectometric pickups, phase compensators, image deconvoluters, Doppler compensators, contrast enhancement, range-nulling, interferometry module, resolution selector module, image processor, image buffering, background subtraction, feedback quenching circuit and depth-of-field corrector of an ultrasound machine with a simple MP3 player and Bob's your fetus.// |
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Can't most of that be done with software? You'd want something a little more computationally robust than the average MP3 player, but it could probably be done by a modern smartphone. |
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Instead of covering the back of a smartphone with cameras
(which is where things seem to be heading...), put an array
of microphones (or whatever the ultrasonic equivalent is).
Should be able to get enough mic's of enough different types
to provide redundancy, interferometry, etc. (Probably need
a couple of emitters too; perhaps one in each corner.)
All the rest: there's an app for that... |
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We find your sunny optimism amusing, naïve, and a bit sad ... |
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// whatever the ultrasonic equivalent is// |
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//amusing// Well, I am funny-looking...
//naïve// Frequently
//a bit sad// Yeah, that too...
"transducer" - THAT'S the one I wanted. |
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[+] make a cellphone useful. |
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Could be combined with the bat ears thingy |
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