{"603251":{"#nid":"603251","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Images Infinite: Optical Toys, Now and Then","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIf you take a telescope to the carnival, be watchful\u0026mdash;it may turn into a kaleidoscope. This is what happened to many scientific instruments over the course of the nineteenth century. Stereoscopes, kaleidoscopes, praxinoscopes, and other devices with even more baroque names were physical manifestations of the popularization of science\u0026mdash;or was it the carnivalization of science?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nWe call such objects today \u0026ldquo;optical toys.\u0026rdquo; Many of the great authors of the nineteenth century wrote about their experience with such amusements (Baudelaire, Dickens, Twain), and these toys continue to serve as inspiration today. A new generation of makers have rethought these ludic devices, including students here at Georgia Tech. Everyone likes optical toys, now and then. So: come by and take a peep. Give them a spin. Play with them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nOpen now until April in the\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech Archives Reading Room.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An exhibit of optical devices in the Georgia Tech Archives Reading Room"}],"uid":"34552","created_gmt":"2018-03-05 15:56:59","changed_gmt":"2018-03-05 15:57:35","author":"sdykes3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-03-05T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-03-31T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-03-31T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-03-05 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-03-31 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-03-31 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"603250":{"id":"603250","type":"image","title":"Ellis - Optical Toys","body":null,"created":"1520265334","gmt_created":"2018-03-05 15:55:34","changed":"1520265334","gmt_changed":"2018-03-05 15:55:34","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229918","name":"Screen Shot 2018-03-05 at 10.54.56 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-05%20at%2010.54.56%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-05%20at%2010.54.56%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":897292,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202018-03-05%20at%2010.54.56%20AM.png?itok=UpM0g0Zk"}}},"media_ids":["603250"],"groups":[{"id":"275211","name":"Digital Media Program of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPatrick Ellis\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\npgellis@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}