Comments on: The Chronotune: Detroit hackerspace builds "time travel radio project" http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Zoman http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095688 Zoman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095688 Actually it's interesting this came up because I'm looking for somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 322 Oakview, CA 93022. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before. Actually it’s interesting this came up because I’m looking for somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. P.O. Box 322 Oakview, CA 93022. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. Safety not guaranteed. I have only done this once before.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095439 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095439 It's weird how these things seem to happen almost simultaneously across the world. A few months ago, I built a time-travelling TV based on a massive collection of archive video, and when I showed it as part of the Curiosity Collective at the UK Maker Faire, our table was literally opposite a BBC project called the 'Wayback Radio'! See more on these projects at http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html and http://custard-cat.blogspot.com/2011/03/wayback-machine-visits-maker-faire.html It’s weird how these things seem to happen almost simultaneously across the world. A few months ago, I built a time-travelling TV based on a massive collection of archive video, and when I showed it as part of the Curiosity Collective at the UK Maker Faire, our table was literally opposite a BBC project called the ‘Wayback Radio’!

See more on these projects at http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html and http://custard-cat.blogspot.com/2011/03/wayback-machine-visits-maker-faire.html

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095711 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095711 Should I bring my club, my crossbow or my laser? This makes a difference in my decision. Should I bring my club, my crossbow or my laser? This makes a difference in my decision.

]]> By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095470 kmoser Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095470 Neat, but the video should have highlighted more of the actual specs: total number of audio clips, average clip duration, total clip duration; also, when you tune to a given year, does it always play the same clip or does it pick from a selection of clips for that year? Neat, but the video should have highlighted more of the actual specs: total number of audio clips, average clip duration, total clip duration; also, when you tune to a given year, does it always play the same clip or does it pick from a selection of clips for that year?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1097523 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1097523 >Anon: >See more on these projects at http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html and http://custard-cat.blogspot.com/2011/03/wayback-machine-visits-maker-faire.html Thanks for the mention :-) The Wayback Radio wasn't strictly a BBC project, but it uses the BBC archives to play real archived radio programmes over the internet using either Wifi or 3G (We used 3G at MakerFaire because the Wifi was sporadic). Perhaps it lacks a little of the showmanship that the Perfect Hindsight Machine and the Chronotune have, but it was fun to build and (mostly) worked ;-) /CustardCat >Anon:
>See more on these projects at http://cefn.com/blog/maker_faire_2011.html and http://custard-cat.blogspot.com/2011/03/wayback-machine-visits-maker-faire.html
Thanks for the mention :-)

The Wayback Radio wasn’t strictly a BBC project, but it uses the BBC archives to play real archived radio programmes over the internet using either Wifi or 3G (We used 3G at MakerFaire because the Wifi was sporadic).

Perhaps it lacks a little of the showmanship that the Perfect Hindsight Machine and the Chronotune have, but it was fun to build and (mostly) worked ;-)

/CustardCat

]]> By: Zoman http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095732 Zoman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095732 It doesn't matter... as long as it covered in living tissue. It doesn’t matter… as long as it covered in living tissue.

]]> By: Zaren http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095480 Zaren Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095480 Not to be confused with the Chronofax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxyw_8xkzQ) Not to be confused with the Chronofax (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyxyw_8xkzQ)

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095482 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095482 OK so brilliant in the sense of, "This is brilliant concept and I love that someone came up with it" then :) Someone could do a virtual version of this with the archive.org wayback machine for websites. OK so brilliant in the sense of, “This is brilliant concept and I love that someone came up with it” then :)

Someone could do a virtual version of this with the archive.org wayback machine for websites.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095485 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095485 A web-enabled version could pull random audio files from the Internet Archive's sound recording library for the appropriate time A web-enabled version could pull random audio files from the Internet Archive’s sound recording library for the appropriate time

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095489 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095489 kmoser: Not to sound too disparaging, but it's pretty pointless to ask for the sort of details you are asking for in your first sentence, as they are all dependent upon undeterminate factors. All of those details are defined by the size of the storage media, and the length and bitrate of the clips themselves. I would imagine it is rather trivial to modify and add more clips to the media. kmoser: Not to sound too disparaging, but it’s pretty pointless to ask for the sort of details you are asking for in your first sentence, as they are all dependent upon undeterminate factors. All of those details are defined by the size of the storage media, and the length and bitrate of the clips themselves. I would imagine it is rather trivial to modify and add more clips to the media.

]]> By: MacBookHeir http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095792 MacBookHeir Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095792 I'll time travel with you, but we need to drop by Hawaii circa 1961 so I can be in the room when President Obama is born. An eyewitness account is the only thing that'll satisfy all camps I’ll time travel with you, but we need to drop by Hawaii circa 1961
so I can be in the room when President Obama is born. An eyewitness
account is the only thing that’ll satisfy all camps

]]> By: MacBookHeir http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095545 MacBookHeir Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095545 I'm not a fan, but isn't the whole "Dr Who" TV series built around a concept like this - except it's a telephone booth that time travels rather than a "Chronotune"? I’m not a fan, but isn’t the whole “Dr Who” TV series built around a concept like this – except it’s a telephone booth that time travels rather than a “Chronotune”?

]]> By: JimmerSD http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095557 JimmerSD Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095557 The problem with this design is that it will be obsolete tomorrow, the dial doesn't go there. The problem with this design is that it will be obsolete tomorrow, the dial doesn’t go there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1096096 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1096096 Oh, that's the tops! It'll go great with the Chronovisor(TM) I picked up on my holiday to Italy. Oh, that’s the tops! It’ll go great with the Chronovisor(TM) I picked up on my holiday to Italy.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095848 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095848 Aiiieeeee!! Assassin!! Aiiieeeee!! Assassin!!

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095868 wrybread Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095868 Well if its powered by an Arduino, it MUST be leet! Ok I admit it, I'm just jealous. Awesome idea, awesome execution, even awesome video. Damn you! Well if its powered by an Arduino, it MUST be leet!

Ok I admit it, I’m just jealous. Awesome idea, awesome execution, even awesome video. Damn you!

]]> By: kc8nod http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095629 kc8nod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095629 On the contrary! The dial does indeed go into the future. There is a news broadcast from the robot uprising, a snippet of the floor show from Milliway's and a reasonable facsimile of the sound of the Big Crunch. On the contrary! The dial does indeed go into the future. There is a news broadcast from the robot uprising, a snippet of the floor show from Milliway’s and a reasonable facsimile of the sound of the Big Crunch.

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2011/04/28/the-chronotune-detro.html#comment-1095402 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1095402 Brilliant! PS I wish BB posts had a simple clickable feedback mechanisms like the Facebook "Like" feature, but expanded out a bit. Think like "Unicorn Chaser Please", "Brilliant", "Like", "Dislike", "Meh", "Cute", etc. Brilliant!

PS
I wish BB posts had a simple clickable feedback mechanisms like the Facebook “Like” feature, but expanded out a bit. Think like “Unicorn Chaser Please”, “Brilliant”, “Like”, “Dislike”, “Meh”, “Cute”, etc.

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