Dec 16 2008
series of tubes
Disgraced ex-Senator Ted Stevens will be remembered forever on the Series of Tubes for having described teh Intarweb as “a series of tubes.”
This device illustrates the concept. “How the Internet works using mechanical routers, balls representing bits and rails connecting terminals that allow input and display of characters based on the order of the bits.”
If you’re running Google Chrome, don’t forget to try the special page about:internets.
Photo “Mechanical router” by Joi Ito (who just happens to be the CEO of Creative Commons) on 1st September 2007 on, so he claims, a Phase One P 45+, which is a 39 megapixel medium-format camera back. I thought it was a rather detailed image. CC by 2.0.
