In the late 1960s, a secret US lab was dedicated to mapping the edges of computing
At around 3pm on October 24 1968, a sharply dressed executive from the computer manufacturer Control Data Corporation took the stage in the auditorium of the National Bureau of Standards in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He was addressing the audience of the second annual symposium of the American Society for Cybernetics. The society, a nexus of academics, spies, policymakers and businesspeople, was dreamt up a few years earlier by a CIA operative.
The signals were transmitted to the “squawk box”, which generated and altered the music based on how the dancer moved. The resulting sound was far from harmonious, but the experiment validated a broader philosophical point. Dancing became something qualitatively different when it could influence the music’s “ecology”. Establishing a two-way feedback loop between movement and sound redefined both art forms.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
25 brilliant photos of Manchester in June from the 1960s through to the 1990sWhat happened in Manchester during the month of June in years past - from street parties to keeping cool in a lost open air pool
Read more »
1960s bungalow near Glasgow named Scotland's Home of the YearA 1960s bungalow on the outskirts of Glasgow has been named Scotland’s Home of the Year.
Read more »
The Bikeriders film review — 1960s motorcycle saga fuelled by the spirit of ScorseseAustin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer fight, love and gaze soulfully in a film dripping with old Hollywood glamour
Read more »
Windrush Day: Nurses share memories of the 1960s NHSFour NHS nurses speak of the struggles they faced when moving to Yorkshire from Caribbean countries.
Read more »
The South Yorkshire cold case team investigating crimes from the 1960sRetired South Yorkshire Police detectives revisit murder and sexual assault cases using new technology.
Read more »
Looking back at Clements and Watford High Street in 1960sA look back at archive images showing how Watford High Street looked in July 1965.
Read more »