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To: "Beam mailing list" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Alistair Phillips" Alistair.Phillips@anu.edu.au
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:00:31 -0000
Subject: [alt-beam] Beam Idea


Hi everyone,

I had a cool idea on the weekend for a cool use for a Beam device. I thought
since most beam things are designed to be attracted to light (being sloar
powered). If you could make a beam robot designed to move around a circular
track in small increments and follow the sun around this track then you
could make yourself a BEAM sundial with the robot representing the time. I
think it would be a good talking point at least.

The biggest problems that I can see would to make to move in small enough
increments as to accurately measure the time and making it water proof.

Anyone out there willing to come up with a working prototype?

Alistair Phillips
Email: Alistair.Phillips@anu.edu.au

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