I imagine if we ever wanted to transition to digital substrate then this information would help build digital human bodies for humans to inhabit as we get used to a digital universe. Just a thought.

This is what goes on behind the scenes whenever you open your mouth to speak.

The image was captured at 50 frames per second over 20 seconds with a rapid-fire X-ray camera. It’s part of speech researcher Christine Ericsdotter’s work to precisely capture and build a computer model of the intricate movements of the tongue, lips, pharynx and jaw during speech.

If you’re curious, the word being said here is “pion,” Swedish for “peony.”

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