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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Eyes on the prize: This is what I’m shooting for. The voltiac pile is the most simple source of electrical current I can find. I just need to smelt two metals that form an electrocouple: copper and zinc, silver and zinc, copper and iron. I’m working on copper smelting right now.

Eyes on the prize:

This is what I’m shooting for. The voltiac pile is the most simple source of electrical current I can find. I just need to smelt two metals that form an electrocouple: copper and zinc, silver and zinc, copper and iron. I’m working on copper smelting right now.

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