I couldn’t find any description of the crux of this device - the bee-hive shaped optical amplifier.
Also, this whole thing seems like a hoax. If the accompanying building was built at the same time as this art exhibit, it cost millions (likely 10’s of millions) to build. It is hard to imagine who would fund this, for an overgrown videocall without sound…
It is clear from the drawings, most likely made by the modern artist and not his supposed “insane great grandfather”, that they conceived the earth to be spherical. Though I’m certain that had any of this nonsense been real, like all other large tunnels and bridges, it was going to be constructed as flat as possible with no consideration for “curvature of the earth”.
In the (supposed; I personally think the entire thing is a hoax perpetrated by the artist and his investors) designs for the “telectroscope”, there is reportedly a beehive shaped collection of mirrors that is supposed to amplify the image so it can travel such a long distance and remain visible on the other end of the tunnel.
If this were a real device, such an amplifier (probably many of them over the length of the tunnel) would absolutely be needed. Although this amplifier is mentioned in passing, I couldn’t find a diagram or description of its inner workings. More evidence that this is a hoax.
Fascinating.
I couldn’t find any description of the crux of this device - the bee-hive shaped optical amplifier.
Also, this whole thing seems like a hoax. If the accompanying building was built at the same time as this art exhibit, it cost millions (likely 10’s of millions) to build. It is hard to imagine who would fund this, for an overgrown videocall without sound…
It is clear from the drawings, most likely made by the modern artist and not his supposed “insane great grandfather”, that they conceived the earth to be spherical. Though I’m certain that had any of this nonsense been real, like all other large tunnels and bridges, it was going to be constructed as flat as possible with no consideration for “curvature of the earth”.
It's a camera
In this art exhibit, yes.
In the (supposed; I personally think the entire thing is a hoax perpetrated by the artist and his investors) designs for the “telectroscope”, there is reportedly a beehive shaped collection of mirrors that is supposed to amplify the image so it can travel such a long distance and remain visible on the other end of the tunnel.
If this were a real device, such an amplifier (probably many of them over the length of the tunnel) would absolutely be needed. Although this amplifier is mentioned in passing, I couldn’t find a diagram or description of its inner workings. More evidence that this is a hoax.