The electric contraptions that power our instant information exchange were once marvels, curiosities, objects of wonder. Now, technological connectivity is a hackneyed certainty. So, every once in awhile, it’s nice to restore the fascination:
“What is truly brilliant about the Telectroscope is that what it does is, in fact, nothing special. We can all “video conference” through our laptops from Starbucks. And that’s all the tube is, a broadband link – a very good one, incidentally; the image is superb. Yet what St George brings to the party is the power of metaphor and the restoration of wonder. The undersea tube is a metaphor for our new connectivity, and the Victorian styling – deliberately clunky – evokes a time when technology was wondrous and physically heavy, a muscular rather than merely a mental effort.” — The Times, UK