CSI: Can they DO that?

[heinz]

I dunno about that audio magnifcation, but that stuff where they take a blurry security video image and crisply resolve the writing reflected in someone's eye is complete horsesh*t. That's not just CSI though a ton of shows like to do this.

[djui5]

There was a show on Discovery I think it was about this same issue...

It was said that a lot of what happens in CSI is hype and can't really happen...


Hollywood at it's best.

It is a great show though...

Shouldn't this thread be movved to the gear free zone?

[smoothmoniker]

probably, except that I was hoping for some super geeky answer about how they can spectra analyze audio into pheon wave sources.

You know. Like that.

-sm

[djui5]

Originally posted by smoothmoniker
probably, except that I was hoping for some super geeky answer about how they can spectra analyze audio into pheon wave sources.

You know. Like that.

-sm

I understand...my bad

[jajjguy]

There's actually a lot you can do with a mono signal, if you know where exactly the mic was in the space. Especially with something impulsive like a gunshot, you can identify the individual reflections by looking at the signal, and the time difference between the reflections translates directly to distances between the room's surfaces and the microphone. So you could, for example, get a good idea of where a person was standing in a large room when they clapped their hands. Whether this would work in the case of a gunshot coming from outside a car, i don't know...

[DeadPoet]

I remember seeing one episode of CSI (maybe CSI miami, don't remember) where they're all talking in the 'sound' room. the camera zooms in from behind a desk and on the desk there's a mackie/logic controller, but upside down (faders towards the camera)

Been trying to see what stuff they put in the racks, but couldn't see that.


Mostly hyped poo though.


Herwig


As a sidenote: I think I've once heard that nasa has a special department researching stuff that can be seen in sci-fi series/movies.. to check if one day technology will be able to do those things (holodeck, warp speed, replicator, ...)