Canuckflack

So over lasers and Olympic torches

// May 11th, 2009 //

“The first time the lighting of the Olympic torch used advanced technology was during the 1976 Olympics. From Athens, the flame’s energy was transformed into an electric signal and then transmitted to Ottawa by satellite. It was then restored using a laser ray. And it only took a second!” – plaque in the lobby of Montreal’s Olympic Stadium.

This was all much more impressive before the internets.