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I’d like a house with more Space

by Julianne Dalcanton

It seems that a family in Illinois is picking up the black-and-white video feed from the space shuttle Atlantis. On their baby monitor.

The best part of the whole affair (besides the glorious randomness of it all) is the fact that the family really likes it!

“I’ve been addicted to it and keep waiting to see what’s next,” Meilinger said.

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June 14th, 2007 4:39 PM
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8 Responses to “I’d like a house with more Space”

  1. 1.   Quest » Blog Archive » I'd like a house with more Space Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 5:26 pm

    [...] Оригинал сообщения от TPR тут… [...]

  2. 2.   Lab Lemming Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    In other news, the audible blast from the recent false fire alarm on the Space Shuttle sounded suspiciously like a hungry infant. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause of this alarm…

  3. 3.   Eat Our Brains » Blog Archive » NASA, do you read? Ga-ga-goo Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 9:41 pm

    [...] is nifty. Via Cosmic Variance. A baby monitor in the Chicago area is picking up NASA mission [...]

  4. 4.   Yvette Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 6:48 am

    Well come on, who wouldn’t want the shuttle video feed broadcast on their baby monitor? I sense a new PR move for NASA in the works. :)

  5. 5.   Jeremy Chapman Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 6:54 am

    oh, a house with more SPACE! I finally get it!

    It’s strange what errant signals a finely tuned device can pick up, seemingly out of no where, and yet the signals that you are supposed to get don’t come in without some odd arrangment of tin foil and bunny ears…

  6. 6.   alpinekat Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 1:52 pm

    Fantatic. This made my day.

  7. 7.   absolutely Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 11:11 pm

    The reason is very mundane. Some near neighbor has their computer relaying the NASA web-feed via one of those nifty TV relayer cards so he/she can watch it on a TV for convenience somewhere else. The channel it broadcasts on just happens to be the same as the baby monitor (these things usually use the same 1 or 2 unused channels to prevent interference with normal TV channels.

  8. 8.   SensoryMetrics: re-inventing the User eXperience » Apple iPhone Flirts with Disruptive Innovation Says:
    June 20th, 2007 at 11:54 am

    [...] examples of disruptive technology to watch for include the NASA baby network, story brought to us by Cosmic [...]





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