'Telectroscope' Allows View Across the Atlantic

[gamblemadman]

Who'd want to look at that hasbeen shithole of a city?

[will101page]

@gamblemadman I hope your talking about New York...London is the best city in the world

[gamblemadman]

@will101page Obviously.

;)

[racingchamp101]

id beat my meat right in front of people in englond

[conartiz1987]

it reminds me off skype

[TheChris2373]

Imagine the day when ou can get in a big machine that will transport you to thier world also. What would they call such a contraption. Maybe an areo-lifting-scope, or a swimming-without-getting wet-device.

[bobsesiongdl]

@TheChris2373 xD

[gk3og]

@TheChris2373 "thier world"? They're on the same planet as us..

[Xxsofia2000xX]

is it still there

[rudster100]

Did anyone else have no idea what the hell the british was saying?

[JoshMufc101]

@rudster100

it's called english, you should learn it.

[Diorama42]

@rudster100 Darn tootin! i din' unnersan' a single gosh darned WORD that tea-sippin' limey said! we oughta git ovr there an' teach them pussys a lesson they wont forgit! aftr all, we saved them thar asses in dubya dubya two...

[xxCCBBxx]

People there's no telescope or internet.. We've had a fiber optic connection to Europe and England for awhile. It uses fiberoptics for video and there is no deley because the transmission moves at the speed of light, hence the "optic" part of the word.

[jsmallwood2007]

OH MY GOD THATS CRAZY.....JUST LIKE THE INTERNET

[preparadox]

cool....a little spooky, but yeah, cool. Makes ya wonder though, doesn't it? lol

[ISpellItThc]

If it were a telescope, wouldn't it just be looking into space because it wouldn't be able to see over the horizon line?

[Tamaslammer]

It's obviously a camera with a high speed connection. It could be done with fiber optic cable but that would cost millions of dollars. And we all know that life is all about the ducats. Werd.

[CartoonDraw]

Surly in reality the place would be crowded because people want look into it. They must have just asked a few people to look through for the document.

[youxvv]

Nice :)

[Fsoldier6]

as in common sense, i think its just a two cameras linked with a very high speed internet connection because that will be easier than building a huge telescope .. only if they wanted something special .. but anyways i liked the idea of the huge telescope that links between two cities .. =)

[p20]

you know this isnt as innocent as it seems. Someone is always coming by trying to show their chocolate starfish

[OK2BCK]

I guess this is not cheap to lease such a fast connection. Sadly.

[farerse]

are both ends connected by a real tunnel or wire? or is it just props and wireless cameras?

[pliusmann]

you're dumb

[farerse]

@pliusmann douchbag

[grendelee]

Its a flatscreen with mirrors and a connection, made to appear to be Steampunk era telescope, lol

[kimie126]

@farerse The connection used links of between 8 and 50 Mbps and the images were transmitted using MPEG-2 compression

- from wikipedia

[farerse]

@kimie126 so its wireless transfer of images

[kimie126]

@farerse yup..

[Amarian86]

AWESOME! :D So wicked. I want to go and see!

[fazholio]

BRILLIANT!!!

[vetttech1999]

who woulda thunk it ?

[bulletproofKevlar]

its cool but lame at teh same time it would be cool if they actualy made it based off the actual thing this one is just a tv and video camera

[Bleson]

dude..no, it's the REAL THING.

[bulletproofKevlar]

dude its fiber optics...you know what a fiberoptic cable is do you? its not a set of mirrors like the original design this here is just a mock of what could've been but uses cameras and a a tv screen or a projector...it would be cool though if it was the real thing

[jgdogg441]

@Bleson real being 2 props at 2 places. both have cameras and both have monitors. They simply transmit data across the ocean is all...big whoop...its basically a video conference except bigger

[aestevalis0]

That's cool. I like the steampunk look of it.

[TheChattingBox]

that is freakin awesome!!

[1234567loading]

watch?v=slt9PQHEllk

[209fool]

Awsome

[glamtastic1986]

I really really wanted to go see this in a couple weeks but found out it got taken down last summer, I'm completely gutted!! Wish they could keep things like this going, it's a great invention!

[giiingah]

am I the only one that noticed that at the end, the sign said " Say hi to the queer "?

[JustJsyJoe]

I think that was "Say hi to the queen" :-D

[pashaahsj]

queeN <<< 'N' YOU IDIOT !

[lottieowns]

it says 'say hi to the queen'

[NintyGuy999]

why don't they make more of these things? i heard it got taken down, id love to go to london and see NY!

[ej447]

FDS

[FattyArbuckle1981]

No tunnel. It's just a big fiber-optic webcam. Before unveiling it, they set up fake drillbits coming out of the ground for publicity. It's too bad the thing was only set up for a few weeks.

[ljsavmech]

I live here in Brooklyn and Never heard about it Piss it would of beeen great

[practicallypoppins]

Could someone please tell me: is there a tunnel or not? Some people say the light reflects and bounces from one end of the tunnel to the other, and some say that it's just a video link. Please tell me the right answer!! Thanks

[jeremyfrancis]

it uses fiber optic technology. technically, there is no tunnel. Fiber optics is used to relay information electronically via light. look up fiber optics on wikipedia for further explanation.

[hagloni]

True !

[ukorganist]

It used computers durr!!!

[jgrafals09]

so, wait.....is it digital or just alot of mirrors undergound? Because if it's digtal i don't understand why is it so amazing, but if it is mirrors...then...HOW THE HELL DID THEY GET THEM UNDERGROUND!!!

[gleepglopp]

they should put one in iraq

[AtALossForAUsername]

whoa, they should...my brother-in-law is over there right now, but he's coming home soon. but i dont think its possible, because the only reason they installed one where they did is because they used an old tunnel, so it already had a foundation and everything. if there going to waste money on something, though, they should install one in iraq

[formzino]

yes, theres a tunnel goinng undeground between london and brooklyn. you mong

[FailedSquare]

lol

[conartiz1987]

@gleepglopp hahaaha yeh that would be good!

[AtALossForAUsername]

oh, and they should add speakers, or telephones right by it :O

[eo1n92]

they have done now, when i went i was talking to some one in new york

[ItsEmiel]

@AtALossForAUsername Or you could use Skype...

[AtALossForAUsername]

thats the most hilarious thing i've ever heard..it's just funny. lol, when will they make another, in a different country? unless they dont wish to waste any more money on it, but...idk. yeah, a waste, but an entertaining one at that. has someone pressed their face against the glass and made funny faces yet? :P (i'm not even sure if it has glass..i just found out about it today..)

[abertul]

This is simply awesome and sould be done between more countries all around the world.

[muddmania]

what an awsum and original idea for art, they should be made perminant

[itzmarcuss]

i just went to the one in london its soo cool

ill be putting a vid up soon

[majorrousseau]

PHOTOSHOP

[nykchica]

its not fake, I've seen it, been there, its pretty cool

[Greg14DB]

its not fake,just an arty webcam. very cool

[majorrousseau]

FAKE

[frvfilms]

I can see one (a smaller scale) , like a mirror on every hone instead of the phone in the near future!

[14687kgioe]

yea just buy a laptop, connect it to the internet with a webcam 24/7 and mount it somewhere in your house and theirs.

[PEACE4ALLINOURTIME]

It is very special- I went to the Brooklyn side today-- If one of these devices was posted in Iraq before the war-There would have been NO WAR.. You couldn't allow someone to be harmed when you are personally connected to them- Humans need to be reminded that people from other places are humans too... This is very special and is a wonderful gift from the artist.. I will not forget it.

[famousmanbearpig]

wow

what you send made some really good sense and was very emotional

i liked it

[duffydush]

If its a long tunnel i'd like to try and crawl through it one day... ;-}

[lukecooldude]

all it is is a live camera feed, but the guy loves illusions, so he makes it look like a tunnel, and cuts audio to make this seem like a mirrored tunnel as well

but still

amazing

[GretzkyJr]

so fake. :P Okey, mayby its not, but its so easy to make a fake like that.

[nyenyezi1]

yes its awesome,has any1 else noticed its a big phallic symbol too,man and his ego hey.

[BenderMadeInMexico]

Seems to say more about you then him.

[NeitSotm]

Awesome!

[beetrootrat]

It's simple but surprisingly interesting to wave at people and be waved at. It's guarded and working 24 hours! It was funny to see the gorgeous sunshine in Brooklyn while we stood under my brolly in the rain.

[daemon2904]

зачот

[lilsparkz786]

its wicked boi!

[Atslabs]

heeey, wake up they already invented this stuff and it's in my pocket...

they call it a magic name: webcam...

(with sound....)

[justhere999999]

whoooo

american

[ZeroAP00]

Pretty awesome if you ask me.

[Josuatik]

That is so cool!!

[skellyhell]

In Londen eh?

Cant wait to see what happens to it at night

[deathrox1337]

this is awesome

THIRD lol bring on the thumb downs

[djrock9000]

sweet!

[BLAMincorperated]

This is extremly interseting