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Radio on a scale most people will never have come across. It measures 10m by 10m by 6m.
This is a variable-inductance coil used for tuning the aerial of the very-low-frequency (VLF) 16-kHz transmitter installed at Rugby Radio Station and operational from 1943 to 1966, together with separate transformer and variometer with supporting framework.
The framework is made of Sitka spruce, with fixings consisting of wooden dowelling and nylon nuts and bolts. Wedges used to keep the coil in place are made of wood, whilst tap point connections and cable terminals are made of metal. The support tubing or casing of the coil sidings are made of synthetic-resin-bonded paper, whilst the inner coil, a Litz wire cable, is made of enamelled copper wire.
The Rugby Tuning Coil was used to tune antenna at the station to the right frequency. When it began service on 1 January 1926, the Rugby station was the most powerful in the world. It transmitted official wireless news messages to the Empire and ships at sea worldwide - a first.
In 1928 the station was used to send a message to Mars - yes, the planet - at the request of a Dr Mansfield Robinson, a London lawyer, who believed he had been in contact with Mars. The Post Office, which operated the station, accepted the message as a commercial transaction and charged him 1s 6d per word, the same as the standard message rate. Sounds like he got a good deal! I suspect AT&T long-distance would have been a bit more expensive...LOL
The coil was also used during the Cold War as the station transmitted classified material to/from ships and submarines during the Cold War. I believe it was a key part of the nuclear firing chain for British SSBNs.
The coil was decommissioned in 2003 and now is the centrepiece in the Information Age Hall on the second floor of the Science Museum in South Kensington.
The eye as a portal to the age of information, or some may see the eye of a hacker. Your choice.
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This is a second perspective on this device. Radio on a scale most people will never have come across. It measures 10m by 10m by 6m.
This is a variable-inductance coil used for tuning the aerial of the very-low-frequency (VLF) 16-kHz transmitter installed at Rugby Radio Station and operational from 1943 to 1966, together with separate transformer and variometer with supporting framework.
The framework is made of Sitka spruce, with fixings consisting of wooden dowelling and nylon nuts and bolts. Wedges used to keep the coil in place are made of wood, whilst tap point connections and cable terminals are made of metal. The support tubing or casing of the coil sidings are made of synthetic-resin-bonded paper, whilst the inner coil, a Litz wire cable, is made of enamelled copper wire.
The Rugby Tuning Coil was used to tune antenna at the station to the right frequency. When it began service on 1 January 1926, the Rugby station was the most powerful in the world. It transmitted official wireless news messages to the Empire and ships at sea worldwide - a first.
In 1928 the station was used to send a message to Mars - yes, the planet - at the request of a Dr Mansfield Robinson, a London lawyer, who believed he had been in contact with Mars. The Post Office, which operated the station, accepted the message as a commercial transaction and charged him 1s 6d per word, the same as the standard message rate. Sounds like he got a good deal! I suspect AT&T long-distance would have been a bit more expensive...LOL
The coil was also used during the Cold War as the station transmitted classified material to/from ships and submarines during the Cold War. I believe it was a key part of the nuclear firing chain for British SSBNs.
The coil was decommissioned in 2003 and now is the centrepiece in the Information Age Hall on the second floor of the Science Museum in South Kensington.
The Information Age, also commonly known as the Computer Age or Information Era, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. The idea is linked to the concept of a Digital Age or Digital Revolution, and carries the ramifications of a shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on the manipulation of information...
...taken at the Plaça Espanya metro station...
Barcelona, Spain...
had this idea for a while
i heard a stat somewhere that the average person will come in contact with more information in one day than someone a century ago would within their whole lifetime. i'm trying to find the exact statistic but i'm not sure how to look
anyway i guess this is kind of important...i for one am a very wired and connected person in the sense that although my devices are wireless, they need wires to charge and keep working and so i need those wires to remain functional. my collection of cords and connectors is overwhelming and i often wish i was born in a simpler time...
on another note, i'm done for the semester
day 130
Note the Elite function-key label strip.
What is inside this box and why?
It is on a post, roughly one meter tall, on a liminal SF sidewalk between Chinatown and North Beach. As above and with redox implying age, it oozed with e-xcellent green screen undertones.
I'm not sure whether SF and the valley or the Emerald City and its Eastside have more bragging rights in the e-volution of e-, but seeing this old box oozing e- in the heart of SF suggested heritage. Does it follow that SF's Department of e- was more than a bit player in e-history? Even if this e-xcellent old box in SF means squat to the Web, the keyhole and lack of information on the Web has gotten my goat.
“It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.” William Gibson
Entering the lecture room of the Amerika Haus: Helmut Leopold, Anna Giulia Fink, Dean Cheng, Christoph Mecklenbräuker and John Speaks (from left to right)
“10 Most Destructive to Society #InformationAge Terms” Awareness Image – Public Domain Educational #CyberAttackPrevention Graphic by #iPredator New York, USA
The demo unit came without any charge on the battery at all. I probably shouldn't be trying to power it on right out of the box, but...
I had a Pepper Pad for review for a week or so. Good stuff, more of the story at MaisonBisson.
The Frost statue is a new addition to campus, but already it's becoming a tradition to put surprises on his writing easel.
There's more Robert Frost around here, if you look.
I had a Pepper Pad for review for a week or so. Good stuff, more of the story at MaisonBisson.
wonder how the youngsters of today will be at handling information and information seeking devices like computers in the future....my son being 3½ year old is indeed firm with the mouse and using a pc today
Humility, #InformationAge and #DigitalCitizenship PSA Image – #Cyberpsychology & Internet Safety Educational Website by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. #iPredator NYC #BeBest – SSL Safe Link: www.ipredator.co/
The Frost statue is a new addition to campus, but already it's becoming a tradition to put surprises on his writing easel.
There's more Robert Frost around here, if you look.
I had a Pepper Pad for review for a week or so. Good stuff, more of the story at MaisonBisson.
Oric Atmos, Dragon 32, OLPC, iMac, ZX81, TI 99/4A, Spectrum clone, BBC Micro (with 6502 second processor), Commodore 64 and TRS-80.
Photographer: Mandi Lynn at www.mandilynn.co.nz
Hair: Brit Hebner (Cathy Davy's salon Wellington)
Make up: Gwen Cotton
Model: Kirsty Prichard
Concept, Model Making, Digital Painting, and Post production: Mandi Lynn
This image was worked up based on the topic Information age. It is for a competition for the cover of Her magazine in New Zealand. Wish me luck.
I've been meaning to upload this graphic for a while. This is an updated version of my original graphicthat I posted in 2014. Definitely an improvement!
I use this graphic in ALL of my presentations. New technology can be intimidating and the biggest stumbling block to learning how internet based tools can be used to transform pedagogy is often fear. I like to start each session with a little context and remind faculty that while the World Wide Web has been around since the early 90's. We're really only at the very beginnning of a new information age. In a sense, this is still the Wild, Wild West! So I invite them to think of themselves as explorers and view instructional technologists as their guides.
"The Wild West" flickr photo I used in this timeline is by Not all potatoes can swim... shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license
#InformationAge #Disinformation and #Cyberpsychology Awareness PSA by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. #iPredator NYC #BeBest
Darn, my fingerprints on the screen show up in this shot.
I had a Pepper Pad for review for a week or so. Good stuff, more of the story at MaisonBisson.
#InformationAge #Slander & #Disinformation Image – Free Edu. PSA by NYS Licensed Psychologist Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. #iPredator NYC #BeBest
#InformationAge Matures PSA by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy.D. #iPredator NYC – Educational #Cyberpsychology, #Cyberbullying & #Cyberstalking SSL Safe Website: www.ipredator.co/
I have a set of slides I use at the beginning of most of my presentations. This one is at the start, it gives an overview of the information ages, and puts into context, just how new the age of the Internet is.
This is the wild, wild west. As an instructional technologist I help guide faculty through their own explorations of leveraging tech.
I am working on a sequel to the Tech Trends (fordham.edu/techtrends) I gave last year. Working title: A New Information Age.
Will update with the full size graphic at a later date.