Fw: [Laser] Simple data/video transmitter.

Sun, 12 Jan 2003 15:12:56 -0700

We are all well aware that "free space" communications probably dates back
to prehistoric man, when "smoke signals" were transmitted using a fire and
intermittently covered and uncovered with a buffalo hide.  What I am
referring to, is the practical deployment of a system at very high data
rates, available for use by the general public,
free from the proprietary control of large capitalists and the extortion,
taxing governments.  Such a system should be constructable by your average
Steven Jobs, back yard experimenter, using readily obtainable parts from a
local hardware store or Radio Shack.  Is this asking too much? If so, what
has happened to America's inventive genius, the likes of Thomas Edison and
Nicola Tesla?

RR

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Schnurer" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 2:05 PM
Subject: [Laser] Simple data/video transmitter.

>
>
> Dear Group,
>
> The transmission and reception of signals in the optical, or light
> domain ... but not using fiber or other light guides is called
> "Free Space" communications.   This has been a method known since
> the mid to late 1800s ...and systems have been part of electronics design
> from the time of vacuum tubes onward.
>
> JH
>
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