Pixel

Who knows?

Some might believe that the pixel was only recently discovered. That it was an invention of modern man. A mere act of genious! Amongst these people, there are even some that believe it's discovery lead to the invention of computers. There are others though, who believe that these little smart dots where around ever since mankind appeared on this earth. Maybe they even existed before. But there is nobody to tell.

Who knows where they came from or how long they are here already. One thing is for sure. Now days they are everywhere. They are around and are not gonna go. They fill the space we live in. There are scientist who look up at the skies at nights, using big telescopes, because the believe that's where they came from. Other scientist look into microscopes, examining the smallest things possible to find out more about there origin. You might not see them all the time, these pixels. But that's because they are more often invisible then visible. This makes it particularly difficult to examine them.

What everybody agrees on, is they seem to like electricity. Definitely, they do. Most often when you seen them, they're stuck inside a computerscreen or in a television. They get easily attracted by a camera. You can store them in there and release them afterwards. These days you even find them in telephones, or other similar warm and confined spaces where there is electricity. One other thing. You need light to see them. Because in the dark you can't see.

En fait, C'est quoi le pixel?

Yeah, but what is a pixel. You have them in different shapes and flavours: round, square or rectangular. They are small, so tiny you can hardly see them. They can have all kinds of colours. From afar they look like small dots, but from up close the look like big squares. Some or solitary pixels, but most often you see them in large groups. Sometimes they act really busy and are moving all the time, sometimes they don't appear to be moving at all.

Searching for pixels!

Thru history many have tried to studie these little colourfull elements. Together with the Nessler, we'll try to get a closer look at there behavior and a btter understanding. 
The pixel was first discovered by a group of French artists in late 19th-century France. These painters who called themselves les PWAHN-TUHL-IST where able to. But others claim, that "le point" has been around for longer times, they say there is even proof instead of mixed pigments; the pronunciation is PWAHN-tuhl-ist. Under the expert guidance of Mr. Nessler, artiste, professeur, techno-archeologist, specialist dans le domain du point, le métier du pixel.

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