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by rpaddock 451 days ago
How is this even remotely new?

There have been patents on it since the 90's. A company was trying to commercialize "Silent Sound" back then.

For example:

US6052336 Apparatus and Method Of Broadcasting Audible Sound Using Ultrasonic Sound As A Carrier (Ultrasound) Lowery 1998.

Holosonics has been selling such systems for a while:

https://www.holosonics.com

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Exactly. They have invented something old.