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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. Re:I, for one... by theTerribleRobbo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Solra! What are you doing here?! o_O

    Gods, I thought you'd have something more to say than the beginning of some lame meme. :\

    - Tol Kerhys

    (Note to mods: Sorry, he's a chap from some game I play. This post is completely offtopic.)

  2. Count me in! by antek9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'd also be rather interested in experimenting on Osama bin Laden's facial structure. With a baseball bat, that is...

    Ok, mod me down as dumb, if you can, but it had to be said. ;)

    --
    A World in a Grain of Sand / Heaven in a Wild Flower,
    Infinity in the Palm of your Hand / And Eternity in an Hour.
  3. Re:I, for one... by IndigoParadox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's funny is that I haven't even read that yet and I still got it. =OP