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Message #13444
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Scott Burns s-burns@uiuc.edu
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 08:07:46 -0500
Subject: Re: Solar powered pendulumn project
At 09:16 PM 4/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
>So I have in mind to build a Beam style solar powered pendulumn to
>hang in my window. What I imagine is some sort of simple linear
>motor--a magnet and big coil--delivering a little kick at the right
>time. Once the appratus is built I can experiment with different
>triggering methods, be it detecting the position of the pendulumn or
>a resonate circuit tuned to the period of the pendulumn.
Or use a double pendulum (or more) to get some interesting chaotic motions!
Scott
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