Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings. Berkeley physicist Carl Haber listened in astonishment as the first notes of the 1950s hit “Goodnight Irene” played through his computer. “It was one of those moments you remember your whole life,” Haber says. The song came from an old record, but no needle traced its grooves. Haber wasn’t listening to the record; he was listening to an image of the record, which then-postdoc Vitaliy Fad...
Physicists are using LHC detector technology to retrieve Native American music from old recordings. Berkeley physicist Carl Haber listened in astonishment as the first notes of the 1950s hit “Goodnight Irene” played through his computer. “It was one of those moments you remember your whole life,” Haber says. The song came from an old record, but no needle traced its grooves. Haber wasn’t listening to the record; he was listening to an image of the record, which then-postdoc Vitaliy Fad...
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