A Ringtone adults can't hear
From Scott & Digg.com, this is pretty awesome. It's a high pitched sound that adults cant hear, but kids can. We played it at work and those of us under 30 definitely could make out the annoying high pitched sound, but my coworkers over 30 couldnt...very strange
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Def Ears - NY Times article
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.
In settings where cellphone use is forbidden — in class, for example — it is perfect for signaling the arrival of a text message without being detected by an elder of the species.
"When I heard about it I didn't believe it at first," said Donna Lewis, a technology teacher at the Trinity School in Manhattan. "But one of the kids gave me a copy, and I sent it to a colleague. She played it for her first graders. All of them could hear it, and neither she nor I could."
Here's the mp3 itself - play it for your older coworkers
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Def Ears - NY Times article
In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.
In settings where cellphone use is forbidden — in class, for example — it is perfect for signaling the arrival of a text message without being detected by an elder of the species.
"When I heard about it I didn't believe it at first," said Donna Lewis, a technology teacher at the Trinity School in Manhattan. "But one of the kids gave me a copy, and I sent it to a colleague. She played it for her first graders. All of them could hear it, and neither she nor I could."
Here's the mp3 itself - play it for your older coworkers
