[Very cool!] Particle Physics Resurrects Alexander Graham Bell's Voice

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Date: May 6, 2018 at 6:42:45 PM EDT
> To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> Subject: [ NNSquad ] [Very cool!] Particle Physics Resurrects Alexander Graham Bell's Voice
>
>
> [Very cool!] Particle Physics Resurrects Alexander Graham Bell's Voice
>
> https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/dawn-of-electronics/particle-physics-resurrects-alexander-graham-bells-voice
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>    Most of the Volta recordings at the Smithsonian are one of a
>    kind. They cannot be played, either because the original
>    playback apparatus no longer exists or because to do so would
>    permanently damage the record. For years, curators thought
>    they had lost this sonic cultural heritage forever, and the
>    objects sat mutely in storage ... Curator Carlene Stephens at
>    the National Museum of American History took notice. Could the
>    IRENE team recover sound from the Volta recordings? Working
>    with Peter Alyea, a digital conversion specialist at the
>    Library of Congress, as well as Haber and fellow Berkeley
>    scientist Earl Cornell, Stephens selected six Volta recordings
>    deemed the most likely to reveal sound.
>
> - - -
>
> The man himself speaks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf97H6cV5QQ
>
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren 
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