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Fowl Language Tweeter

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this device reads your brain signals related to speech , femto seconds before you physically speak foul language the device censors your speech by broadcasting loudly, bird chirping sounds (or complete bird songs for curse laden diatribes) to drown out bad words.

so the device reads your speech thoughts, listens to what words you are speaking and then makes bird noise at just the right moment to tweet = bleep what you say

vfrackis, Apr 11 2010

Computer Reads Minds http://www.time.com...9171,942916,00.html
Time Article [vfrackis, Apr 11 2010]

Intel Mind Reading http://www.google.c...Fl5emtgYFgD9EUP19G0
Intel Mind Reading [vfrackis, Apr 11 2010]

7-second delay http://en.wikipedia...iki/Broadcast_delay
[mouseposture, Apr 11 2010]

fowl sounds http://soundbible.c...-barnyard-fowl.html
[xandram, Apr 12 2010]

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       A little less dependent on "sufficiently advanced technology:" A portable 3- second delay <link>. Speech-recognition software is available off the shelf, unlike mind-reading software.
mouseposture, Apr 11 2010
  

       ...most fowls do emit a kind of tweet...
xandram, Apr 12 2010
  

       For duck's sake.
Jinbish, Apr 12 2010
  

       Thing is, a bleep or tweet works fine on the tv because that noise replaces the normal audio signal - in real life, all it would do is accentuate the swearing, by surrounding it with an additional "highlight" of noise. If the invention is to censor, rather than accentuate bad language, then it probably isn't going to work. If however, you really want people to really sit up and listen whenever you swear, then this is the answer.
zen_tom, Apr 12 2010
  
      
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