   The Mona Lisa Speaks
  I thought this was pretty cool.Quote:The Mona Lisa's smile may always remain a mystery, but it is now possible to hear what her voice would have sounded like, thanks to a Japanese acoustics expert.Dr Matsumi Suzuki, who generally uses his skills to help with criminal investigations, measured the face and hands of Leonardo da Vinci's famous 16th century portrait to estimate her height at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 6 inches) and create a model of her skull."Once we have that, we can create a voice very similar to that of the person concerned," Suzuki told Reuters in an interview at his Tokyo office last week.Never thought that they could do that just from a picture.   
  ...and they can't......when I grow up, I want to major in bullshit sciences too...   ;Quote:Original post by GameCreatorNever thought that they could do that just from a picture.They are full of shit.  PEriod.  ;Quote:Original post by Rain 7Quote:Original post by GameCreatorNever thought that they could do that just from a picture.They are full of shit.  PEriod.quite.it is possible to reconstruct the skull, but only the exterior shape. it is, however, not possible to recreate a persons voice since this has a lot more to do with thier vocal cords, throut structure (the inside),  all the structure of the breathing areas...etc... all of which you can't get from a picture.;  Using advanced iconomorphic analysis, along with empirically stochastic anisobaric reconstructography, I have concluded that George Washington's penis was exactly 5.82 inches long.   ;  but he's an expert!   ;Quote:Original post by Jarrod1937Quote:Original post by Rain 7Quote:Original post by GameCreatorNever thought that they could do that just from a picture.They are full of shit.  PEriod.quite.it is possible to reconstruct the skull, but only the exterior shape. it is, however, not possible to recreate a persons voice since this has a lot more to do with thier vocal cords, throut structure (the inside),  all the structure of the breathing areas...etc... all of which you can't get from a picture.Exactly.  Not to mention certain variants of speech can be attributed to individual experience (psychological factors can change the way that one speaks and uses their voice), pituitary irregularities, and of course the unique muscle structures of the throat, lungs and face.  Even if they were able to map out the complete human skeletal structure verbatim, that would still have no bearing on the muscle format, which of course plays a large role in the aid of forming sounds.   ;Quote:Original post by SneftelUsing advanced iconomorphic analysis, along with empirically stochastic anisobaric reconstructography, I have concluded that George Washington's penis was exactly 5.82 inches long.amazing discovery!;  Well, it sounds relatively verifiable; just try it on a bunch of living people and see if it successfully recreates their voices.  Because of that, while I'm not convinced that it works, I wouldn't immediately assert that it's impossible.   ;Quote:Original post by GameCreatorI thought this was pretty cool.Quote:The Mona Lisa's smile may always remain a mystery, but it is now possible to hear what her voice would have sounded like, thanks to a Japanese acoustics expert.Dr Matsumi Suzuki, who generally uses his skills to help with criminal investigations, measured the face and hands of Leonardo da Vinci's famous 16th century portrait to estimate her height at 168 centimeters (5 feet, 6 inches) and create a model of her skull."Once we have that, we can create a voice very similar to that of the person concerned," Suzuki told Reuters in an interview at his Tokyo office last week.Never thought that they could do that just from a picture.That's just retarded.   