Very interesting, and while the title isn't what I expected, I'm pleased to have the chance to read through it. Will just share my notes: 1 - Initial thought p

Very interesting, and while the title isn't what I expected, I'm pleased to have the chance to read through it. Will just share my notes: 1 - Initial thought process was that the experiment / development was extracting audio from a static image. This is very different. The complexity of the process and method fascinated me, and while I like to think I was following along okay, I'm not bold enough to jump out and say I grasp it. 2 - I guess there's a bit of a language difference in the title here (extracting) versus the dominant term used in the article (recovering). My understanding is a simplified one but I grasp that it's a way of, well, translating a visual disturbance (vibration) into its corresponding sonic origination (from sound to vibration back to sound). 3 - As a joke for guitarists: Maybe now we can finally get some really excellent guitar-to-MIDI translation stuff! (Disclosure: I haven't tried the Fishman $400 thingy yet) 4 - This kind of reminds me of how neat Ableton Live's WAV-to-MIDI idea is, but personally I haven't had very good luck mastering it. 5 - Potential applications from brief contemplation: A) Environmental support for the blind, B) Potential oceanic application (reading waves from space?), C) Clandestine communication system using something like morse-code in visual form. Anyway, had a lot of fun with this article.