With a grant from British Telecom and technical assistance from Aregon International (a National Enterprise Board subsidiary) the Open University is developing a communication system that will enable its students in remote study centres to talk, at a distance, with their tutors (see Financial Times 13 January 1981). Codenamed Cyclops, the equipment transmits in real-time both the spoken word and codified versions of light pen drawings down the telephone line to a similar unit at the other end.