Synthesizing real-life tweets

(Inderscience Publishers) Scientists in Brazil are using a genetic algorithm to create a realistic soundscape of birdsong that can be triggered by updates from the micro-blogging service, Twitter, which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. Details of the computer model which mimics the behavior of a bird's songbox, its 'syrinx,' to create realistic sounds are published this month in the International Journal of Arts and Technology.