Saturday, June 22, 2013

FOR KIDS: A new way to eavesdrop

Scientists film throat movements to decode the spoken word

By Stephen Ornes

Web edition: June 21, 2013

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See what he's saying?

A high-speed camera offers a new way to eavesdrop ? without a microphone or lipreading.

Credit: Courtesy of Yasuhiro Oikawa

Eavesdroppers soon might have another way to monitor far-off conversations. All they will need is the right camera, pointed at a speaker?s throat.

When you talk, your voice box jiggles can reveal what you're saying to an eavesdropper, reports a new study. Its authors include engineer Yasuhiro Oikawa and other researchers from Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
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Visit the new?Science News for Kids?website and read the full story:??A new way to eavesdrop

Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351176/title/FOR_KIDS_A_new_way_to_eavesdrop

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