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Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: kaizmoto1489 on 08/06/2021 05:06:41

Title: TV documentary about Arthur C. Clarke
Post by: kaizmoto1489 on 08/06/2021 05:06:41

Hi everyone,

I saw a TV documentary about Arthur C. Clarke where on his farm he built a device which converted speech into light pulses which were picked up at the other end of the farm by his brother holding a device which converted the light pulses  back into speech.

Does anyone know how he did this and can it be replicated?

I'm having a great idea with it.

Title: Re: TV documentary about Arthur C. Clarke
Post by: Colin2B on 08/06/2021 08:12:23

This was answered here https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=80548.0

Title: Re: TV documentary about Arthur C. Clarke
Post by: evan_au on 08/06/2021 08:57:25

Arthur Clarke wasn't the first.

Alexander Graham Bell's lab produced one in 1880, the photophone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophone