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Public Safety: In areas with large groups of people such as subways, airports and other public places, it may be beneficial to have a message playing at escalator landings, door entrances and other places where only the people in that small area need to hear the announcement.
Commercial Advertising: Parametric speakers like the Soundlazer have already been used in commercial advertising. A person standing under a billboard to large video screen is the only one able to hear a recorded message. The advantages to this are twofold. The ultrasonic waves, being focused will get the attention of the listener and the repeated message will not be heard by others. Patrons and store clerks that would normally be distracted by the same message repeating over and over on a daily basis will no longer be annoyed by advertising that uses parametric technology.
Security / Alarm Systems: Parametric speakers combined with high decibel sirens have been used to deter robberies and other criminal activities.
Public Speaking: There are rumors surfacing on the web that some political candidates have used parametric arrays to beam live information directly into the ears of public speakers so that no earpiece or TelePrompTer is needed. While this hasn’t been confirmed, it does offer interesting possibilities.
Pranks: One interesting aspect of parametric arrays like the Soundlazer is that the directed sound can, at times, appear to be coming from inside ones own head. A properly placed parametric array can be set up so that some individuals may not know where the sound is originating from. The possibilities for jokes can be left to the imagination and are beyond the scope of this website.