Web whispers come alive
By Nick Heath
Published: 7 April 2008 15:33 GMT
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Eavesdropping on the whispers of the web has been made a whole lot easier thanks to a groundbreaking piece of electronic art.
The Listening Post at the Science Museum in London captures snapshots of fractured conversation from thousands of public chatrooms and bulletin boards.
As seen here, glowing green excerpts dance across a curved bank of 231 screens and are randomly read by computer-synthesised voices.
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