non-contact vinyl reconstruction etc.
A technique developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory allows researchers to create digital copies of old records without damaging the fragile discs.The technique uses a light sensor, originally designed to track the paths of subatomic particles such as bosons, to capture images of the record’s groove. A computer then uses these to reconstruct the recording, filtering out any background noise to produce a blemish-free digital version.
P.S. Those star search shows can bugger off. And would this work for audio files?
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21 April 2004, 13:02 ::
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