User:Emily/Thematic Project/Trimester 03/11: Difference between revisions
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
The electric light is pure information. It is a medium without a message, as it were, unless it is used to spell out some verbal ad or name. This fact, characteristic of all media, means that the “content” of any medium is always another medium. | "The electric light is pure information. It is a medium without a message, as it were, unless it is used to spell out some verbal ad or name. This fact, characteristic of all media, means that the “content” of any medium is always another medium." -- McLuhan | ||
<!-- | <!-- | ||
Revision as of 15:06, 11 June 2015
Electronic Light
( visible light between 400 and 800 THz(780–375 nm)
Light -- message
light in different frequency -- provide different function -- the “content” of any medium is always another medium?
- light bulb (lighting)
- Flicker/Dreamachine/(Stroboscope: initially be used to measure motors)
- lighthouse, traffic light, sos light (signal)
- VLC(Visible light communication): ByteLight / Lifi (works by switching bulbs on and off within nanoseconds)
"The electric light is pure information. It is a medium without a message, as it were, unless it is used to spell out some verbal ad or name. This fact, characteristic of all media, means that the “content” of any medium is always another medium." -- McLuhan