14 Jun
2000
14 Jun
'00
6:57 p.m.
We already had the "mechanical fax machine" thread... here's a (partly)
mechanical computer monitor. It uses classic technology (the Nipkov, or I
think also Nipkow, disk) but it shows a computer-generated digital signal
rather than an analog signal. So it's computer-related! :)
http://www.media.mit.edu/~rehmi/rotoscope/
The creator wants to make a "wind-up browser" in the same way you can get
wind-up radios and flashlights.
-- Derek