This algorithm can reconstruct an audio by analyzing minute vibrations of objects depicted in a video. In this experiment, intelligible speech was recovered from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag photographed from 15 feet away through soundproof glass

Energy and information systems are connected in every direction. If you can measure the depth of the grooves on the record, the geometry of the grooves, and the speed of the record, you can recreate the sound without a needle. Measuring the potato-chip bag is the same idea.

Interesting & disconcerting

I think they call it “Eagle Eye”. 😳

That’s frightening

In the 1970s there was a magazine for hobby electronics in Germany, "ELO". In one issue, they described how scientists made the voices of Egyptians from the time of the pharaohs audible. The vases, made on potter's wheels, were scanned electronically - comparable to a

This is why there are SCIFs. 😎

Throwing out all the houseplants and never eating chips again

Terrific! Now I'm scared alphabet agencies will be listening to everyone's potato chip bags to hear what we're saying. 😏

Oh my, “agencies” will be buying up very soon…

This is fascinating.