An interesting aspect here is that an object can be visible only to those other objects that receive a stream of data from it.

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Edison bulbs function by making a Tungsten filament very hot, and a hot object glows: radiating energy on a broad spectrum of wavelengths, only a small part of which is visible to the eye.

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