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From the Higgs Boson Particle to Leadbelly

Posted by Hemos on from the looking-for-particles-in-the-songs dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Physicists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are using the same methods to search for the elusive Higgs Boson particle and to digitally restore audio recordings from the past. Berkeley Lab signed an agreement with the Library of Congress to digitize the many thousands of early blues or jazz recordings it has in its archives. And the results are spectacular. Compare for example, these two versions of "Good Bye Irene", before and after being optically reconstructed (WAV format, 18 and 19 seconds). This news release describes the method used by the physicists. This overview contains other details and extra references about this project." We also covered finding Higgs Boson recently as well.

5 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. Does this mean by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    DRMed quarks will be just around the corner?

  2. Re:RIAA-MGM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    So out of the goodness of their little hearts the RIAA is sponsoring this restoration, or are they going through and copyrighting all of this material?
    Record companies steal royalties copyrights from deceased blues musicians? Inconceiveable!
  3. Woot! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdotted a .gov! Soon we'll be able to hold the world's governments for ransome!

  4. Same Methods? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    By colliding two audio recordings together at near-lightspeed in an underground tunnel, physicists hope to uncover the much anticipated Higgs boson, or at the very least produce a half-decent Britney album.

  5. Re:quality loss by SmackCrackandPot · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm.

    You can always put them back, if you really want to.