February 9, 2009

Who is Woody Norris?




Is an American inventor. One of the invention was for NASA.

The story went something like this...
NASA invited Mr.Norris to Houston and met with a group of about 20 NASA engineers. They want to know if the radio could be designed to eliminate the microphone boon? He told them yes, it's possible. "Rather than transmitting the sound through the air, he told them that "I'll just transmit the sound through the bones in their head." The room erupted in laughter. They thought I was full of shit. In one month Mr.Norris technology went on to be used by NASA and became the basis for the JABRA EarSet.

Here is just a few of his Patents.

PAT. NO.Title
7,298,853  Parametric virtual speaker and surround-sound system
7,198,223  Ultralight coaxial rotor aircraft
7,088,830  Parametric ring emitter
6,925,187  Horn array emitter
6,876,330  Reconfigurable antennas
6,850,623  Parametric loudspeaker with improved phase characteristics
6,577,738  Parametric virtual speaker and surround-sound system
6,512,496  Expandible antenna
6,466,674  Method and apparatus for eliminating audio feedback
6,460,802  Helicopter propulsion and control system
6,393,129  Paper structures for speaker transducers
6,369,763  Reconfigurable plasma antenna
6,359,990  Parametric ring emitter
6,304,662  Sonic emitter with foam stator
6,229,899  Method and device for developing a virtual speaker distant from the sound source
6,201,874  Electrostatic transducer with nonplanar configured diaphragm
6,199,655  Holographic transparent speaker
6,188,772 
Electrostatic speaker with foam stator
6,175,636 
Electrostatic speaker with moveable diaphragm edges
6,151,398   Magnetic film ultrasonic emitter
6,108,433 
Method and apparatus for a magnetically induced speaker diaphragm
6,108,427 
Method and apparatus for eliminating audio feedback
6,044,160  Resonant tuned, ultrasonic electrostatic emitter
5,990,837  Rugged gas tube RF cellular antenna
5,966,452 
Sound reduction method and system for jet engines
5,952,959  GPS relative position detection system
5,935,171  Apparatus for, and method of, detecting dislocations and material wear in hip replacements
5,889,870  Acoustic heterodyne device and method
5,885,129  Directable sound and light toy
5,859,915  Lighted enhanced bullhorn
5,812,659  Ear microphone with enhanced sensitivity
5,781,150  GPS relative position detection system
5,689,269  GPS relative position detection system
5,594,456  Gas tube RF antenna
5,491,774  Handheld record and playback device with flash memory
5,373,555  Unidirectional ear microphone and gasket
5,363,444  Unidirectional ear microphone and method
5,313,663  Ear mounted RF receiver
5,280,524  Bone conductive ear microphone and method
4,930,156  Telephone receiver transmitter device
4,539,708  Ear radio
4,412,151  Piezoelectric crystal spark plug
4,217,573  Switching unit for selectively connecting together various combinations of audio subsystems
4,215,377  Multi-speed tape cassette system
4,090,178  Combination smoke detector and lamp structure

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