"Text Dakota: 'Sorry, I'm bored.'"

"Hey Galaxy, can you turn on the music?"

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/strangers-on-the-internet-are-listening-to-peoples-phone-voice-commands

"Love you. Send."

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"Show me some boobies!"

FAA call requesting a drone pilot to remove his website.

FAA Voicemail

We Are All Walking Coffins

Sample vocalization from "fear across the senses" study (2014). Audio by William Aubé. Used with permission. 

Blood-curdling scream

Sample musical excerpt from "fear across the senses" study (2014). Audio by William Aubé. Used with permission.

Intense piano

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A mystery is only as good as its solution…at least, that’s what host Kaleigh Rogers believes. Science Solved It is a new weekly show from Motherboard that introduces listeners to the world’s greatest mysteries that were solved by science, with insight from the actual researchers who cracked the case. We cover everything from strange, underwater noises to cartoons that give people seizures, all with a satisfying scientific solution at the end. Subscribe to the podcast on your favorite app or on iTunes:&nbsp;https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/science-solved-it/id1227816834?mt=2

Introducing Science Solved It

In 1854, the London neighborhood of Soho experienced a deadly outbreak of cholera, a truly horrible disease. Doctors at the time were powerless to stop it because they didn’t actually understand how cholera spread, until one doctor—an anesthetist—used a map to completely change the way we investigate disease.

Science Solved It #5 - The Map That (Almost) Changed the World

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Science Solved It Theme Song Full

On December 16, 1997, an episode of Pokemon aired in Japan. The next day, reports began to spread of hundreds, even thousands, of children experiencing dizziness, blurred vision, and convulsions while watching the show. Pokemon went on hiatus for four months. Can a cartoon really cause widespread seizures, or was something else going on?

Science Solved It #6 - The Pokemon Shock

Hidden throughout the mesmerizing redwood forests of California’s coast are stark, pure white trees. These rare albino redwoods don’t have the chlorophyll that other plants have. Chlorophyll makes plants green but it’s also necessary for plants to produce food, so these albino trees shouldn’t be able to exist. But…they do. Here’s what on scientist thinks is going on.

Science Solved It #7 - The Ghost Trees

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Looking Into the Future With Kim Stanley Robinson

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies aren't just for making money. Enthusiasts often believe the technology could help give rise to a political revolution. But of what kind? On this week's episode, we talk to two researchers about the ideology behind bitcoin. Did it arise out of extreme right-wing beliefs, or merely the desire to fight back against big tech companies consolidating the internet?

What is bitcoin really for?

On the morning of December 25, 2013, residents along Officer's Row woke up to a remarkable gift: wolves howling just outside their door. Credit: NPS & MSU Acoustic Atlas/Jennifer Jerrett

Winter wolves (Yellowstone)

Original speaker (British male)

British male To American male Sample 1

Original Female Source

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Cloned speech (whole model adaptation with 100 samples)

Renamed

Google Duplex Example

Sample of voicemails that Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai received when Google was telling users that his number was Facebook's.

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