Sound, as you might have heard, has uses beyond tickling the inner sanctum of your delicate eardrums with pleasant ballads. Sound can hurt. The following sonic engineers have crafted works of art that use sound as a weapon. While they're not artists in the traditional sense, their creations push sound to the limits of its typical use and fashion pulses of air anew as devices intended to cause you great auditory discomfort. They're artists whether they like it or not.
The Mosquito
As we get older, our ears betray us and we're able to hear a bandwidth of frequencies that shrinks with every year of passing age. One mighty entrepreneur figured out a way to capitalize off this concept by developing a device for no-good-whipper-snappers that loitered in front of his shop by installing a device that emitted a very high pitch frequency that only teenagers could typically hear. It was such an unpleasant sound, that said-youth would simply move elsewhere instead of conducting their various shenanigans in front of his shop. And with that, a grand idea of modern capitalism was born:
The Scream
Reports of "The Scream" have been floating around the news lately, specifically with use under the Israeli special forces. They've essentially mounted massive speakers atop vehicles that dispel pulses of ear piercing sound towards threatening targets. A similar confirmed device known as the LRAD, or Long Range Acoustic Device, fires a beam of 50 decibels up to 300 meters. It's a great tool for riot control and potential sea pirates attempting to commandeer an ocean vessel. It's impossible for the speakers on your computer to replicate what the humans in this video are hearing, but imagine this times 1,000,000,000:
The Thunder Generator
This device is rumored to be so loud that you can actually die from it. It utilizes liquid petroleum gas to emit explosions that are incredibly loud, while pulsing at up to 100 time a minute. It's reportedly said to sound like a flash-bang grenade on repeat. Here's a variation of it against wildlife which again, your computer speakers won't be able to capture the full majesty of:
I'm not your teacher, but I want to see you IDM194 kids create art that delicately hurts people. Hopefully I've provided enough foundational inspiration here for you to go forth and wreak havoc with your youthful collegiate gumption.