Automated shusher keeps conference loudmouths in line

https://hackaday.com/2023/04/13/automated-shusher-keeps-conference-loudmouths-in-line/

by gumby • 3 years ago

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krisoft2• 3 years ago

But wouldn't that also shush the presenter?

gumby2• 3 years ago

Wouldn’t that be good? Sometimes I talk too much in my own meetings.

krisoft2• 3 years ago

Sometimes I talk too much in my own meetings.

That is a problem indeed, but this doesn't solve that. You can talk as much as you want as long as the volume is low enough.

astockwell• 3 years ago

My years on this blue ball have repeatedly taught me that technical solutions meant to "correct" human interpersonal problems don't usually work out how they're intended. They initially _work_, but humans rebel against them and the problem ends up compounded. Reminds me of traffic cameras.

halfnormalform• 3 years ago

On the Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm they have infrared light beams above the log flume that trigger a loud pre-recorded "Sit down!" message if you raise your hands up too high.

It was so much fun in Jr High to try and set them all off.

frebord• 3 years ago

Makes me think of the digital speed limit signs that start to flash red and blue when you hit 10 mph over the limit. Like of course every 16 year old kid ever is trying to make them flash red and blue and also me at 32.

toast0• 3 years ago

If you do it enough, the attendant yells at you over the PA, as I recall.

Sadly, they got rid of the box car racers elsewhere :(

yowzadave• 3 years ago

What's the problem with traffic cameras? They seem fairer and more effective than discretionary police enforcement.

peyton• 3 years ago

The goal is safety, not effective enforcement. Cameras have increased accidents in many areas.

treeman79• 3 years ago

https://nypost.com/2012/10/08/citys-gotcha-traffic-cameras-u...

Lots of stories of yellow light being shortened to create more tickets.

They are a revenue source for a city above all else.

bsder• 3 years ago

The traffic cameras were installed on intersections where they would generate the most revenue rather than on intersections that generate the most accidents or injuries.

TheRealPomax2• 3 years ago

It'd be even cooler with several microphones and a parabolic speaker so that it can actually shush only the offenders, with most of the rest of the audience left blissfully unshushed.

gumby2• 3 years ago

I wonder if the public shaming of one person by the machine will encourage the others to be more reserved. And I wonder if that would be a good or bad thing.

TheRealPomax2• 3 years ago

nice thing about a parabolic speaker: just put it on a gimbal and yell at everyone who needs it. People who don't talk during a conference talk don't need discouraging.

standardUser• 3 years ago

It always seems the people with strange noises in the background, or audible phone alerts, or making comments to their pets, or chiming in when someone else is talking, are usually a boss.

Buttons840• 3 years ago

I've had a related idea. I'd like it if political debates allowed the candidates to talk to each other directly more, and I want a timer above each candidate that shows how long they have been talking and an interruption counter. This way, if one politician frequently interrupts or talks more than their fair share it will become obvious to both them and the viewers.

Of course, this will probably never happen for several reasons. And political debates don't often change people's minds, but they are good theater -- actually, something like this would add the the theatrical nature, so maybe there's some slim chance it could happen.

amadeuspagel2• 3 years ago

I think it would be fun to have a debate using a chess clock. Last time I researched this there was some podcast were two people did this, but of course if two people already know and like each other the chess clock isn't necessary.

nealabq• 3 years ago

In conference/zoom calls I'd like a slider to express my boredom-to-fascination level. And I'd like the average value prominently displayed, to discourage droning -- the scourge of meetings.

I'm talking about status/discussion/brainstorm meetings. Not presentations, altho maybe they could also use some kind of feedback mechanism.

fellowniusmonk• 3 years ago

It would be great if once a certain threshold of people were interested vs bored it would automatically kick out all the bored people into a different room.

In highschool I moved to a place where if you weren't talking about people magazine gossip or football no one was interested, I'd like to know who those people are in my remote org/club, etc.

silentdissenter• 3 years ago

Sort of like these: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/rac674/traffic_l...

Automated shusher keeps conference loudmouths in line

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