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Comments on WAHHA GO GO Laughing Head
This baroque device recreates the sound of the human laugh by means of clever clockwork and reconstructions of human pipes and lips. Why make such a thing when synth chips cost nothing. (Read the complete story)

"See also the Waseda talking head:


(Waseda Talking robot articulators [earlier WT-5 version])

"
(Bill Christensen 8/26/2009 10:43:48 PM)

"It looks rather elegant to me in a baroque sort of way. Yes, you could play a tape recorder or synth but this says something about how the sound is created, not mimicked."
(Dancing rabbit 9/6/2009 6:59:13 PM)

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