Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #02857
To: Darrell Johnson wundoba@pacbell.net
From: Steven Bolt sbolt@xs4all.nl
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 16:12:56 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Easter egg hunt suggestions
On Sat, 1 May 1999, Darrell Johnson wrote:
> Instead of using an IR becon for the bots to home in on after they've
> found the foil Egg, couldn't the walls of the Gathering Area be black
> with all the other walls of the Playground be white?? The walls might
> have to be a bit higher than the proposed 2cm though, to let the bot
> 'see' over the obstacles, and to block out any interfering light values
> outside of the Playground.
How much higher would you want them?
> I'm not sure if this would work better or not, but it would be *easier*
> to make sensors that look for 'dark' instead of '40kHz modulated IR
> output'
I rather doubt that, but if you think so, we might have both: black
walls for the gathering arc as well as an IR beacon in the corner.
> just my opinions.. take em for what they're worth... I was working on
> some schematic ideas for my "Egg Hunter" and figured I'd make a sugg.
That would be a third Egg Hunter on the drawing board. I hope
you'll get it going, and look forward to your comments and
suggestions. An Egg Hunt page is up at:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbolt/Other/e-EasterEggHunt.html
> Hey Steve, I capitalized in all the right places!!! ;)
:)
Steve
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