Adobe launches new semaphore puzzle atop downtown San Jose tower
SAN JOSE — High above downtown San Jose, Adobe has launched a new semaphore puzzle contest to serve as the tech titan’s latest tricky optical telegraph that challenges people to crack its code.
The optical telegraph puzzle might be a tough mystery to unknot. Adobe’s previous San Jose Semaphore required about 4-and-a-half years to solve, the tech company said.“The Semaphore is illuminated by 24,000 LED lights and has transmitted two codes since its installation in 2006,” Adobe stated in the blog post. “Now, the third code is waiting to be solved.”
“Each wheel of the Semaphore can assume four positions, vertical, horizontal, left-leaning diagonal, and right-leaning diagonal,” Adobe states in its blog post. “Together, the four wheels have 256 possible combinations.” The second message was an audio file of the famed declaration from the first lunar landing by U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong as to how he had taken “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” That second puzzle was solved in 2017 by Jimmy Waters, a high school math teacher from Tennessee.
“The interactive art piece is a way to connect with the local and global community,” said Eric Kline, director of global workplace experience design at Adobe. “While it’s exciting when the code is cracked, an equally rewarding piece of the Semaphore is the community that forms around solving it.”
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