HyperSonic Sound inventor earns Lemelson-MIT Prize

The next time you think you hear voices in your head, you may be right, thanks to Elwood "Woody" Norris.
Norris will receive the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions - including HyperSonic Sound, which enables sound to be targeted to an individual listener - at a ceremony at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Ore., on April 22. He was the subject of a segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, April 17.
HyperSonic Sound (HSS) invention is said to be the first big improvement in acoustics since the loudspeaker was invented 80 years ago. Norris first filed a patent for it in 1996; the first commercial version of the device became available in 2002.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news3753.html">HyperSonic Sound inventor earns Lemelson-MIT Prize</a></p> <p>The next time you think you hear voices in your head, you may be right, thanks to Elwood "Woody" Norris. <br>Norris will receive the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his inventions - including HyperSonic Sound, which enables sound to be targeted to an individual listener - at a ceremony at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Ore., on April 22. He was the subject of a segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" on Sunday, April 17. <br>HyperSonic Sound (HSS) invention is said to be the first big improvement in acoustics since the loudspeaker was invented 80 years ago. Norris first filed a patent for it in 1996; the first commercial version of the device became available in 2002.</p>