Immaculate Telegraphy

Could humans at any point in history, given the right information, construct an electronic communication network? To test this hypothesis, Substitute Materials is attempting to build a functional electric battery and telegraph switch from materials found in the wilderness, using no modern tools except information from the internet. The telegraph will be a first step towards an ahistorical internet.

Seesion 2, focusing on raising the temperature of copper ores to their melting point, is currently underway

This project has received the Eyebeam Honorary Residency.

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Step 2: Making an Ax

It is important that I succeed in making a sturdy, sharp ax able to cut wood for tools and fuel for my smelting furnace.

Posted Thursday, June 11th, at 11:22 PM (∞).

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