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[[File:Thought_camera.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a "Thought camera" (attributed to [[Nikolai Tesla]], but not necessarily informed by Tesla's actual inventions). This device is a precursor to modern scrying engines.]]A '''scrying engine''' is any [[engine]] which causes or facilitates [[scrying]]. | [[File:Thought_camera.jpg|thumb|Artist's depiction of a "Thought camera" (attributed to [[Nikolai Tesla]], but not necessarily informed by Tesla's actual inventions). This device is a precursor to modern scrying engines.]]A '''scrying engine''' is any [[engine]] which causes or facilitates [[scrying]]. | ||
[[The Patrick Device]] is | [[The Patrick Device]] is an early prototype scrying engine. It set the standard for subsequent engines. | ||
[[John Brunner]] owns a Lee and Turner color projector which has been extensively custom modified for use as a scrying engine. | [[John Brunner]] owns a Lee and Turner color projector which has been extensively custom modified for use as a scrying engine. Brunner has called it "the best bloody tool I ever bought." | ||
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The [[Rosenwald sheets]] function as rudimentary scrying engine, apparently providing a [[matrix (mathematics) (nonfiction)|matrix (nonfiction)]] for scrying routines. | The [[Rosenwald sheets]] function as rudimentary scrying engine, apparently providing a [[matrix (mathematics) (nonfiction)|matrix (nonfiction)]] for scrying routines. | ||
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File:Hamangia-figures-Lorenz-attractor.jpg|link=Hamangia scrying engine|The [[Hamangia scrying engine|Hamangia figurines]] computing the [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]]. | File:Hamangia-figures-Lorenz-attractor.jpg|link=Hamangia scrying engine|The [[Hamangia scrying engine|Hamangia figurines]] computing the [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]]. | ||
Brion_Gysin.jpg|Brion Gysion uses newly-discovered scrying engine to investigate the mysteries of creation. | Brion_Gysin.jpg|Brion Gysion uses newly-discovered scrying engine to investigate the mysteries of creation. | ||
File:Universal Turing machine.svg|link=Universal Turing machine (nonfiction)|[[Universal Turing machine (nonfiction)|Universal Turing machine]] converted to scrying engine. | |||
File:The Crystal Ball (John William Waterhouse, 1902).jpg|link=Scrying (nonfiction)|''The Crystal Ball'' by John William Waterhouse. See [[Scrying (nonfiction)]]. | File:The Crystal Ball (John William Waterhouse, 1902).jpg|link=Scrying (nonfiction)|''The Crystal Ball'' by John William Waterhouse. See [[Scrying (nonfiction)]]. | ||
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Revision as of 00:10, 18 December 2016
A scrying engine is any engine which causes or facilitates scrying.
The Patrick Device is an early prototype scrying engine. It set the standard for subsequent engines.
John Brunner owns a Lee and Turner color projector which has been extensively custom modified for use as a scrying engine. Brunner has called it "the best bloody tool I ever bought."
The Rosenwald sheets function as rudimentary scrying engine, apparently providing a matrix (nonfiction) for scrying routines.
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Crime-fighter John Brunner uses a modified Lee and Turner engine.
Diagramaceous soil yields new variety of Bingo algorithm, useful as clarifying agent in wager-based scrying engines.
Canterbury scrying engine computes Mandelbrot set.
Artist-researcher Don Tasmian converts Rotoscope to scrying engine.
The Hamangia figurines computing the Lorenz system.
Brion Gysion uses newly-discovered scrying engine to investigate the mysteries of creation.
Universal Turing machine converted to scrying engine.
The Crystal Ball by John William Waterhouse. See Scrying (nonfiction).
