link.nyc – The Payphone Project https://www.payphone-project.com Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:12:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Video Payphones: Are We There Yet? https://www.payphone-project.com/video-payphones-are-we-there-yet.html https://www.payphone-project.com/video-payphones-are-we-there-yet.html#respond Tue, 01 Aug 2017 02:24:38 +0000 http://www.payphone-project.com/?p=7061

2001 Picturephone Scene

The Picturephone scene from 2001 A Space Odyssey, released in 1968, shows what Stanley Kubrick thought payphones would look like a mere 33 years into the future. Kubrick’s payphone of the future not only made phone calls but showed full video of both parties.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/video-payphones-are-we-there-yet.html/feed 0 Talking on the Telebeam — But For How Much Longer? https://www.payphone-project.com/talking-telebeam-2.html https://www.payphone-project.com/talking-telebeam-2.html#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:17:52 +0000 http://news.payphone-project.com/?p=5920

Talking on the Telebeam. August 22, 2016.

People still use payphones. I spotted this woman talking on a Telebeam payphone today. Telebeam's continued existence, however, may be short-lived, as the CityBridge monopoly inches closer to putting the company out of business.]]> https://www.payphone-project.com/talking-telebeam-2.html/feed 0