My High Tech Blog
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Thursday 26 July 2007, 9:00 PM
Another tech movie myth
Leafing through the current edition of PC Pro magazine last night and came across a rather entertaining article giving 10 regular movie technical myths. You know the ones we all laugh at, like a small laptop is all that is needed to infiltrate and destroy the mothership of invading aliens and that you can drive a BMW by remote control using a mobile phone.
Well I have one other myth for you. Technology makes a noise.
characters zipping onto a screen does so to the sound of little chirrups as each character is displayed. Every flashing LED has a sounder next to it and goes bleep in time with the flashing. A remote camera with very loud zoom motor beams back the signal to the agent in hiding to the sound of morse code.
and my favourite, every button press on any piece of technology, be it a bank ATM or a TV remote control, beeps.
Well I have one other myth for you. Technology makes a noise.
characters zipping onto a screen does so to the sound of little chirrups as each character is displayed. Every flashing LED has a sounder next to it and goes bleep in time with the flashing. A remote camera with very loud zoom motor beams back the signal to the agent in hiding to the sound of morse code.
and my favourite, every button press on any piece of technology, be it a bank ATM or a TV remote control, beeps.
