Proximity sensor?

[harry bissell]

I rented the tape from "Blockbuster Video" It said it was "formatted to fit my
screen" (o.k.) and "Edited for Content" (?????)

Did anyone see the film version... What did I miss ??? What was so bad that they
needed to censor it ???

(Was Leon too friendly with his students ???)

:^) Harry

Andrew Schrock wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Martin Czech wrote:
> > :::Sounds very like a device invented in the 20s by a Russian living in America
> > :::call Leon Theremin.
> > :::He built a device that used a pair of high frequency oscillators and an
> > :::antenna, that would generate a sound when someone walked past it.
> > :::The idea was it could be mounted in a doorway as an automatic 'doorbell'.
> > :::It turned out to have musical applications too.
> > :::
> > :::You can build a cheap one with cmos logic oscillators, and use a rectifier
> > :::to detect the audio output / presence of a body.
> >
> > Yes , later on Theremin (french ancestors: Thermin) was kidnapped by the
> > KGB and he "disappeared" in some Gulag. He then developped his invention
> > in order to control people, ie. motion, position etc.  He also was forced
> > to construct espionage devices.
>
> I have to say, Leon Theremin has an insane history, even for the
> electronic music field. For more info there's always the movie, although
> not having seen it, I can't personally vouch for it. (Maybe somebody else
> has and can)
>
> Andrew
>
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