afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry) (05/27/91)
About a year ago I read in some gadget magazine (DAK's Sharper Crutchfield Image or something) about a send/receive image system that worked over the telephone lines. The idea was that with a couple of these things set up you could send and receive digital pictures (taken by a built in digital camera) through the phone lines to the other person's little b&w monitor *while you were still talking*. Unfortunately the only things I can remember about this device was that it worked in the background, it had a pretty good image send rate (one every two minutes or something), and that it was actually not super expensive. Does anyone have *any* information about these things? I don't remember just where I read about it, who makes it, or much of anything else, but I am suddenly quite interested in finding out more to help ease some of the pain of a long-distance relationship. Please e-mail any information you might have. Thanks, Alan -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Alan R Fry | You know what I hate? afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | Rhetorical questions --------------------------------------------------------------
mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) (05/28/91)
Complete plans are in the latest Popular Electronics. The company that supplies the custom LSI chip can probably also supply the complete, working video widget. I saw the whole thing at a store called Circuit City in Atlanta; you might give them a call. -- ------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington | Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia | Athens, GA 30602 U.S.A. -------------------------------------------------------
robertl@bucsf.bu.edu (Robert La Ferla) (05/31/91)
It's called the LumaPhone. Robert La Ferla Lotus Development Corporation Advanced Technology Group / NeXT Improv robertl@lotus.com