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HarderFaster Forums >> General Mayhem >> Telectroscope links London & New York! Author Pages (2):  1  [2]      Fi Red Squirrel Ninja Cat - 6th Dan Registered: May 2002 Posts: 48953 - Threads: 1388 Location: Lurking in a dark corner of the interweb 2016 Honourable Mention Member Joint Winner Intellectual Quote: Autotrip wrote on 23-05-2008 03:33 PM Quote: In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope: an 11.2-meter-(37 feet) long by 3.3-meter-(11 feet) tall dream of a device allowing people on one side of the Atlantic to look into its person-size lens and, in real time, see those on the other side via a recently completed tunnel running under the ocean. (Think 19th-century Webcam. Or maybe Victorian-age video phone.) .... When the sun illuminated the lens of the Telectroscope next to the Thames, it was, of course, still nighttime in New York. So the screen inside the scope broadcast back only an empty sidewalk silently framed by the Brooklyn Bridge and the Manhattan skyline. But then something miraculous occurred. A police officer and a street cleaner walked into the frame. Stopped. And waved. The Telectroscope will be on display and open to the public 24 hours a day in London and New York until June 15. Artichoke is arranging requests to synchronize special reunions between friends and family or, the company hopes, maybe even a marriage proposal. http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/22/scope.project/index.html Looks cool, Ima walk down and try it shortly! Edit: forgot to add that it is by City Hall/GLA building, not the southbank as stated in the article. I want to see this! Root of all evil! Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 23-05-2008 18:46 PM Daf Red Lunar Dragon Registered: Feb 2003 Posts: 16202 - Threads: 671 Location: Hmm yeah - just a big silly webcam. www.dafyddowen.com Recent Updates: 11/05/08 - Technikal 24/04/2008 - Edwin Van Cleef 07/04/08 - New Concerts section - Faithless 07 Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 23-05-2008 18:50 PM Matt Strawberries Registered: Apr 2007 Posts: 11452 - Threads: 395 Location: On da West Side Quote: Daf wrote on 23-05-2008 06:50 PM Hmm yeah - just a big silly webcam. Innit. "Catch you f*ckers at a bad time ?" Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 23-05-2008 18:54 PM Fi Red Squirrel Ninja Cat - 6th Dan Registered: May 2002 Posts: 48953 - Threads: 1388 Location: Lurking in a dark corner of the interweb 2016 Honourable Mention Member Joint Winner Intellectual Quote: Daf wrote on 23-05-2008 06:50 PM Hmm yeah - just a big silly webcam. Yes, it is 'just a webcam' but I like the whole concept surrounding it: ...it was a fanciful idea that, according to St. George, came about from a typo made by a 19th-century reporter who misspelled Electroscope, a device used to measure electrostatic charges - as Telectroscope. "The journalist also misunderstood what it was about and wrote in the article that it was a device for the suppression of absence," St. George said. "The accidental hope captured their imagination, and lots of people at the end of the 19th century thought it was a great idea." The Telectroscope captured St. George's imagination five years ago, when he began pondering how to do a project on the childhood fantasy of digging a hole to the opposite side of the Earth. And because the artist also happens to have an expertise in Victorian chronophotography -- a precursor to cinematography -- he had a slight idea of where to look for the proper equipment. Root of all evil! Report this post to a moderator | IP: Logged 23-05-2008 18:57 PM All times are GMT. The time now is 13:58:56         Pages (2):  1  [2]      Forum Jump: Please select one: -------------------- Search Home -------------------- -- Recent messages -- Welcome to HarderFaster -- Lighthearted Banter -- Serious Discussions -- Upcoming Events and Adverts -- How good a night was THAT ? -- HarderFaster Lifestyle -- Mad Hatter's Corner -- General Mayhem -- HarderFaster Active -- The Asylum -- Mixes and Feedback -- Tunes and Tracks -- DJing -- Production Studio -- Production Feedback -- Photos and Photography -- Community Notices -- F.A.O. -- Classic Threads -- HarderFaster: announcements, suggestions and feedback -- Area 51 Forum Rules: You may post new threads You may post replies You may post attachments You may edit your posts You may delete your posts HTML code is OFF BB Code is ON Smilies are ON

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