{"id":121537,"date":"2014-06-27T09:08:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121537"},"modified":"2014-06-27T09:08:30","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T09:08:30","slug":"the-man-who-turned-paper-into-pixels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=121537","title":{"rendered":"The Man Who Turned Paper Into Pixels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"embed-vimeo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/98345492\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world \u2013 and it would be identical on the other side. But this idea underpins everything about the Information Age we live in. How did we make such a mind bending transition into the digital world? And how does it work? It turns out it\u2019s all based on a concept that is surprisingly beautiful in its simplicity. This short video essay explores what that idea is and tells you about the man who figured it all out. From delve.tv<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=52204\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Man Who Turned Paper Into Pixels<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Curious Brain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the change that no-one saw coming: the idea that we could take a book, a painting or a song and send it through cables and wires and even thin air to the other end of the world \u2013 and it would be identical on the other side. 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