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cemaphonic

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11. It's such a great example of oddball engineering ingenuity too.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 03:34 AM

Nov 2015

A pair of artists devised a system for defeating Nazi radar jamming using a bunch of player pianos, and along the way laid the groundwork for our modern global communications technology.

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amazing to think about, for sure! niyad Nov 2015 #12