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PostSubject: Giant 'telescope' links London, New York   Giant 'telescope' links London, New York EmptyThu May 22, 2008 11:53 pm

discovered using the newfeeds... Smile but the actuality isn't as good as the title.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/22/scope.project/index.html?eref=rss_tech

couldn't you make an actual optical telecope that you could see across the atlantic, how high up would it have to be to avoid the curvature of the earth? perhaps dublin to belfast?


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PostSubject: Re: Giant 'telescope' links London, New York   Giant 'telescope' links London, New York EmptyFri May 23, 2008 12:01 am

blog and vid
http://blog.telectroscope.org/

nice old drawing

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/05/18/2008-05-18_telectroscope_offers_window_across_the_w.html

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3845892.ece
done by the same people who did the massive elephant in london last year, i like how they take the time to first have the drill bit come through and only then set up the telectroscope
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PostSubject: Re: Giant 'telescope' links London, New York   Giant 'telescope' links London, New York EmptyFri May 23, 2008 2:17 am

That is nice. I like that. Good story and fine implementation.

Who gave the Italians the contract ? Shocked
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