Concrete Acoustic Mirrors Listened for Aircraft before Radar|雷達之前,人用巨大的混凝土鏡子聽遠方飛機
WHAT 這是什麼
Historic England records a pair of First World War and interwar acoustic mirrors at Fan Bay, built around 1916 and 1920–23 as part of early-warning experiments intended to detect approaching aircraft by concentrating their engine sound.
WHY HERE 為什麼屬於底域的世界
觀看天空的防禦系統竟先從『聽地景』開始:人把整面混凝土做成耳朵,讓空間本身成為聲音感測器。
BLIND SPOT 補了哪一塊少看的視角
它們是雷達前的特定歷史技術,不代表所有聲學鏡都具相同尺寸、效能或軍事角色;也不應把後來雷達原理倒套回去。