@gentlem.bsky.socialSep 19, 2026, 5:58 PMalien.mur.at/gedankenproj...#DerGedankenprojektor#retinal-photography#NikolaTesla
@gentlem.bsky.social![The idea for DER GEDANKENPROJEKTOR comes from a - never realized - invention of Nikola Tesla: a camera with which you can photograph thoughts. In 1933, at the age of 78, Tesla said: "In 1893 [...] I became convinced that a definite image formed in thought, must by reflex action, produce a corresponding image on the retina, which might be read by a suitable apparatus. This brought me to my system of television which I announced at the time... My idea was to employ an artificial retina receiving and object of the image seen, an optic nerve and another retina at the place of reproduction...both being fashioned somewhat like a checkerboard, with the optic nerve being a part of the earth."
[Retinal Photography:] The idea that a picture could be recorded from the human retina was not unusual in the second half of the 19th century. It was generally accepted that the last thing a dying person would see would be fixed on the retina for a short time. And, if done within a certain time-frame, the picture of a murderer could be found on the victims retina. (ex. In the case of Emma Jackson, murdered in 1863 in St. Giles in London. William H. Warner, a prominent British photographer suggested this to the assigned detective from Scotland Yard. The idea was discussed at length in this case for the first time in history. However, the idea itself was not new at the time.)
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