Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #06387
To: "beam@sgiblab.sgi.com" beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: "Dan Larson" dlarson@citilink.com
Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 22:34:40 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Beam Idea
How about using the shadow?
On Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:00:31 -0000, Alistair Phillips wrote:
>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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