Kind of Interesting - But at the Same Time Rather Scary...

[SmoothSeas]

3D Portraits From DNA Found on Chewing Gum, Cigarette Filters Found on the Streets.

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so, be careful where you shed your detritus...​

 

[Marie5656]

OMG. Oddly interesting and scary at the same time

 

[SmoothSeas]

OMG. Oddly interesting and scary at the same time

isn't it, though? that's what it caught my attention.

@Marie5656, how ya doin'? r u on the mend...?

 

[Mizmo]

3D Portraits From DNA Found on Chewing Gum, Cigarette Filters Found on the Streets.

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so, be careful where you shed your detritus...​

It is scary...
I remember reading about her a few years ago. She started with collecting hairs from public bathrooms. and other items.

 

[Marie5656]

@Marie5656, how ya doin'? r u on the mend...?

Doing great. I am going home tomorrow (Thursday). Cannot wait

 

[oldaunt]

Kind of icky too.

 

[SmoothSeas]

Kind of icky too.

indeed, it is...

 

[Jace]

Now-a-days..it seems anything's possible!

 

[feywon]

Doing great. I am going home tomorrow (Thursday). Cannot wait

Glad to hear that!

 

[feywon]

Until the day we have several such recognitions (maybe some by relatives, friends)we won't know how accurate they are. Like reconstructions based on bones and skull, i would think they're pretty generic. Unless DNA readings she uses include a great deal of detail (not all do, and the most detailed are more expensive, i think) skin tone and facial features basically guess work.

That would be especially true if the person was mixed race, and the % of each close to equal.

But my big question is why do it? I'd love to know the thought process that motivated this artist to take this path?

 

[Jules]

Until the day we have several such recognitions (maybe some by relatives, friends)we won't know how accurate they are. Like reconstructions based on bones and skull, i would think they're pretty generic. Unless DNA readings she uses include a great deal of detail (not all do, and the most detailed are more expensive, i think) skin tone and facial features basically guess work.

That would be especially true if the person was mixed race, and the & of each close to equal.

But my big question is why do it? I'd love to know the oiht process that motivated this artist to take this path?

It’s salesmanship; she has our attention because it’s unique. We can’t prove how accurate she is.