"When the sun illuminated the lens of the Telectroscope next to the Thames this morning, it was, of course, still nighttime in New York. So the screen inside the scope broadcast back only an empty sidewalk silently framed by the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline.

But then something miraculous occurred.

A police officer and a street cleaner walked into the frame. Stopped. And waved.

And all the credit goes to British artist Paul St George. If he had not been rummaging through great-grandpa Alexander's personal effects a few years ago, the Telectroscope might still exist only on paper, hidden away deep inside some old box."

I want one!

It would be fun to swivel it around and point it to California or other places, but seeing how it's running underneath the ocean.....

Very very cool. Using today's technology to make this old, eccentric vision reality is even stranger than the original inventor could have envisioned!

It's a joke isn't it?

I don't know tanyamn, but according to CNN, the Telectroscope will be on display and open to the public 24 hours a day in London and New York until June 15. Someone is apparently arranging requests to synchronize special reunions between friends and family or, maybe even a marriage proposal.

I'm intrigued enough to take the train down to New York and see for myself.

If the image reaches the other side electronically rather than optically, isn't it just a fancy web cam ?

AWESOME!

Am going down to London early in June, will have to check this out. Anyone going to be in New York 3/4 June?

Is this cool, or what...?