Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> Tried to Turn <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whale</span></a> Songs Into Secret Code<br>In 1959, the Navy Electronics Laboratory got to work on the concept as part of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ProjectCombo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectCombo</span></a>. The work centered on the understanding that certain <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/marinemammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinemammal</span></a> sounds and vibrations they generated might travel over very long distances <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/underwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>underwater</span></a>. More importantly, they'd appear so common as to go unnoticed by enemy. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> project as an ingenious but overly complicated method for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/submarines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>submarines</span></a> to send covert messages.<br><a href="https://www.twz.com/8778/the-u-s-navy-tried-to-turn-whale-songs-into-secret-code" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">twz.com/8778/the-u-s-navy-trie</span><span class="invisible">d-to-turn-whale-songs-into-secret-code</span></a></p>