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The Geoscope was a proposal by [[Buckminster Fuller]] in 1962 to create a {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=mid|-diameter}} globe, which would be covered in colored lights so that it could function as a large spherical display. It was envisioned that the Geoscope would be connected to computers which would allow it to display both historical and current data, and enable people to visualize large scale patterns around the globe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org/node/564 |title=R. Buckminster Fuller's Geoscope |publisher=Buckminster Fuller Institute |author=Buckminster Fuller Institute |accessdate=2009-05-23}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
The Geoscope was a proposal by [[Buckminster Fuller]] in 1962 to create a {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=mid|-diameter}} globe, which would be covered in colored lights so that it could function as a large spherical display. It was envisioned that the Geoscope would be connected to computers which would allow it to display both historical and current data, and enable people to visualize large scale patterns around the globe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org/node/564 |title=R. Buckminster Fuller's Geoscope |publisher=Buckminster Fuller Institute |author=Buckminster Fuller Institute |accessdate=2009-05-23}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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Many of Fuller's ideas for the functions of the Geoscope are now being realized by [[virtual globes]]. The Geoscope continues to inspire inter-disciplinary thinkers including emerging designer [[Paul Abacus]], who has updated the concept as a "data cathedral for the masses" using interactive new media displays and real time data visualizations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rpi.edu/about/inside/issue/v5n19/sundance.html |title=Sundance Film Festival To Feature Two EMPAC Commissions |publisher=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |author=Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |accessdate=2012-01-09}}</ref> |
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Many of his ideas for the functions of the Geoscope are now being realized by [[virtual globes]]. |
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Revision as of 00:56, 10 January 2012
Introduction
The Geoscope was a proposal by Buckminster Fuller in 1962 to create a 200-foot-diameter (61 m) globe, which would be covered in colored lights so that it could function as a large spherical display. It was envisioned that the Geoscope would be connected to computers which would allow it to display both historical and current data, and enable people to visualize large scale patterns around the globe.[1]
Many of Fuller's ideas for the functions of the Geoscope are now being realized by virtual globes. The Geoscope continues to inspire inter-disciplinary thinkers including emerging designer Paul Abacus, who has updated the concept as a "data cathedral for the masses" using interactive new media displays and real time data visualizations.[2]
References
- ^ Buckminster Fuller Institute. "R. Buckminster Fuller's Geoscope". Buckminster Fuller Institute. Retrieved 2009-05-23. [dead link]
- ^ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "Sundance Film Festival To Feature Two EMPAC Commissions". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Retrieved 2012-01-09.