Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 15:08:19 GMT
Two Tin Cans and a String
Have you tried connecting two empty tin cans together by a taught string and talking to a friend at the other end? It's one of life's most basic examples that the world becomes more entertaining when it's filtered through devices.
Building on small systems brings a greater sense of being "in control" of the world... adding a micro-transmitter in place of one of the tin cans opens the way for speaking wirelessly to people listening behind walls on their electronic "tin can" radios.
What is the frequency response of string? Pretty wide, I'd imagine.
Early radio dreamed about "radio with pictures" by which listeners at home could "see into the studio" but when the actual invention came along all the voice actors with their paper scripts and sound-effects men with their rack of small doors and coconut shells weren't content to reveal how cheaply it was done, so they rented horses, loaded guns with blanks, and wore period costumes as they re-invented motion pictures for the small screen at home known as "television".
For us in hobby radio we have re-created the disk-jockey sound by sending disks-minus-jockeys and already we're re-inventing television by adding pictures to radio starting with "album art" (the record cover).
At my studio I think about adding video gear with cameras, but I might need to rent a horse because I'm not about to sit here "being seen" and remembering never to touch my nose.
The world and universe go to very elaborate lengths to appear awesome, but listening to the end of an empty can is much more fun.
Have you tried connecting two empty tin cans together by a taught string and talking to a friend at the other end? It's one of life's most basic examples that the world becomes more entertaining when it's filtered through devices.
Building on small systems brings a greater sense of being "in control" of the world... adding a micro-transmitter in place of one of the tin cans opens the way for speaking wirelessly to people listening behind walls on their electronic "tin can" radios.
What is the frequency response of string? Pretty wide, I'd imagine.
Early radio dreamed about "radio with pictures" by which listeners at home could "see into the studio" but when the actual invention came along all the voice actors with their paper scripts and sound-effects men with their rack of small doors and coconut shells weren't content to reveal how cheaply it was done, so they rented horses, loaded guns with blanks, and wore period costumes as they re-invented motion pictures for the small screen at home known as "television".
For us in hobby radio we have re-created the disk-jockey sound by sending disks-minus-jockeys and already we're re-inventing television by adding pictures to radio starting with "album art" (the record cover).
At my studio I think about adding video gear with cameras, but I might need to rent a horse because I'm not about to sit here "being seen" and remembering never to touch my nose.
The world and universe go to very elaborate lengths to appear awesome, but listening to the end of an empty can is much more fun.