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Japanese Lab Creates 'Da Vinci' Voices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the speaking-with-the-dead dept.

Mikki writes "Using methods employed in criminal investigations, the Japan Acoustic Lab has analyzed the skeletal structures of Leonardo Da Vinci and Mona Lisa's faces to replicate how their voices would have sounded." While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.

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  1. I, for one... by Solra+Bizna · · Score: 5, Funny

    *is brutally killed before finishing the meme*

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    1. Re:I, for one... by DrSkwid · · Score: 5, Funny

      That's ok, we can re-create your typing style from your skeleton and finish the job

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  2. with them? by iogan · · Score: 5, Funny

    While Da Vinci is cool, I can think of a slew of other deceased notables worth talking with as well.

    Yeah, um.. you won't actually get to talk with them though, you'll just get to figure out what their voices might have sounded like. Sorry if that ruins it for you.

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  3. Enough said... by nakedforjesus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Mike Tyson ;)

  4. Da Vinci by dr_d_19 · · Score: 3, Funny

    No wireless. Less paint than Monet. Lame.

  5. What you don't see... by umbrellasd · · Score: 3, Funny

    Probably doesn't work too well for eunuchs either, :).

  6. Mona Lisa was a man! by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny
    Probably doesn't work too well for Unix either, :).

    Well, as other posters have pointed out, the site is IE6 only...

    But apart from that, read this quote, and draw your conclusions:

    A former police engineer who specializes in audio analysis, Suzuki says he assumed the woman in the legendary famed Leonardo painting was 168 centimeters (5 foot, 6 inches) tall, giving her a relatively low tone for a woman.
  7. John 21, 15-17 by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny
    15 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I like you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

    16 He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I like you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."

    17 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you like me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you like me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I like you." (Jesus) said to him, "Feed my sheep.

    hmmm...

    And btw, in that infamous "last supper" picture, there is more than one character that looks like a woman...

  8. So by nickthisname · · Score: 5, Funny

    We now know what Da Vinci would have sounded like when he said:
    "Someone please shoot Dan Brown."

  9. Bob 16, 22-27 by Jesus_666 · · Score: 1, Funny

    22 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I like you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

    23 He then said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I like you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." He said to him, "But I just fed them." He said to him, "I don't care, feed them again."

    24 He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you like me?" Peter was distressed that he was going to have to feed the sheep again and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I like you." (Jesus) said to him, "My sheep need feedin', so get movin'."

    25 To that Peter replied, "Look man, those sheep are full to the brim. I couldn't feed them any more if I wanted to." And he said to him, "So what, I want to see you work."

    26 In that moment a shepherd with a herd of one thousand sheep passe by. And Jesus said to him, "Yo, shepherd! I'm Jesus, the son of God; you might have heard of me. Mind if I borrow your herd for a moment?" And he said to him, "No problem, go ahead."

    27 And Jesus pointed to the borrowed herd and said to Peter, "Those sheep don't look fed to me. Get your lazy ass moving!" And the shepherd said to him, "Whoa, Jesus. You're a real dick."


    Excerpt from one of the Dead Sea Scrolls entitled "Jesus was a dick and unlike those sycophantic apostles I have the guts to write it down", accredited to an author only known as "Bob".

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  10. And what the Mona Lisas voice said.... by Viol8 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Leonardo , I *really* need to go to the toilet! Now!"

  11. Quit screwing with this da vinci crap by skeptictank · · Score: 2, Funny

    and Get back to work on the robotic woman.

  12. All right!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Now we're one step closer to ending world hunger and saving the environment and... ...oh wait...

  13. Oh goody! by CamDawg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now we can look forward to authentic Da Vinci-voiced endorsements for vacuum cleaners. Ah, what a glorious age in which we live.

  14. I hear dead people! by jimwatters · · Score: 3, Funny

    I hear dead people!

  15. This is great news!!! by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 2, Funny

    A true advance in science

    I've always wanted to know what Snoopy's voice sounded like....you never hear him talk in the cartoons. Now thanks to this revolutionary skeletal analysis technique, hearing his voice is within our reach.

    And after that, I'd like them to map out Morn from Deep Space Nine. He never spoke either.

    Great mysteries are about to be solved.

    However, when this work is complete, these guys can devote their spare cycles to folding protiens..another worthy cause.

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