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076 - Lord Of The Rings Style Beacon Systems

No Dumb Questions

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Isn't That Cool?

Laukan: Semaphore is any kind of long distance visual communication based on ones and zeros. Laukan learned about semaphor in the napoleonic age, when people used beacons to send complex messages. The device had like 15 signals in thi same device that would pivot and turn so all you would see was basically arrows pointing in different directions. Anthen you could decode the arrows to learn complex stuff.

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