No way!

[Praxis.]

This is just too cool! Blew my mind 8)

It makes a lot of sense though, if you think about it. It just goes to show all the different ways reality is interconnected.

Here's the link

Summary:

Researchers at MIT, Microsoft, and Adobe have developed an algorithm that can reconstruct an audio signal by analyzing minute vibrations of objects depicted in video. In one set of experiments, they were able to recover intelligible speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag photographed from 15 feet away through soundproof glass.

 

[steppa]

Although it's impressive, this prinziple isn't new at all. People can do the same thing with lasers and i.e. the surface of a window for ages....

 

[Praxis.]

That's pretty cool, I never knew that was possible. I kind of suspected this might be an extension of pre-existing technology but I thought it was neat.

 

[steppa]

but I thought it was neat.

It is!
Neat and frightening at the same time.

 

[steppa]

Imagine this technology embedded into sattelites. = Listening to everything, everywhere, anytime.

 

[Praxis.]

Yeah that's scary to think about. Hadn't even really considered that but its totally conceivable.