[linux-audio-user] Re: Free Software vs. Open Source: Where do *you* stand?

[Jan Depner]

On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 02:36 +0100, fons adriaensen wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2006 at 08:22:49PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 21:40 +0100, Wolfgang Woehl wrote:
> >
> > > May I ask what use a private military contractor has for 
> > > audiotools?
> > > 
> > 
> > Most of the defence contractor types working on the -rt kernel seem to
> > be doing simulation stuff.  But I can think of a zillion other uses.
> > There are devices you can scatter around a position that talk to each
> > other and can detect intruders by sound and will tell you if the
> > perimeter is breached.  I would expect active noise suppression to be
> > popular with defence contractors.  Etc...
> 
> One actual application is localisation of snipers. Using an array
> of microphones capturing the shockwave of a bullet that passes
> nearby, it's possible to work out where it came from. It's used
> by the US troops in Iraq.
> 

    Another obvious example - sonar.


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