The other day when Yet Another Freight Train went rumbling by the house, blaring its horn, I realized a good new use of Woody Norris‘s HyperSonic Sound invention. As you may know, the HyperSonic Sound (HSS) devices focus sound like a beam of light. You may recall that such a device was used recently to repel pirates attacking a cruise ship.
Why not make a train’s horn hypersonic? A train’s path is pretty predictable, you know, straight ahead and all that. There’s no real reason for anyone on either side of a train to know where its going. What if the sound of the horn was beamed straight down the track – where the train is going – instead of everywhere else? A focused horn would maintain or enhance rail safety and cut down on the horn noise to the point that neighboring homes and businesses would be disturbed far less often by a passing train.
Man, am I a freakin’ genius or what?