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Re: Tilt (fwd)
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Wed, 1 Dec 1999 15:08:05 GMT
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Original-From:
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Jim Choate <ravage@EINSTEIN.ssz.com*antispam*>
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----- Forwarded message from Pete Hardie -----
Date: Wed, 01 Dec 1999 08:40:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Tilt (fwd)
From: Pete Hardie <pete.hardie@dvsg.sciatl.com>
Jim Choate wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Matt Ramadanovic -----
>
> From: "Matt Ramadanovic" <matthew.ramadanovic@yale.edu>
> Subject: Re: Tilt
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 22:43:55 -0500
>
> What if you made a device like a level but with a fluid that conducted
> electricity better. When the bubble is in the center it wouldn't be
> completing the circuit (off). When it on the side, it would complete a
> circuit (on). Just an Idea.
>
> ----- End of forwarded message from Matt Ramadanovic -----
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> There's no way the bubble will keep fluid from leaking through on the bottem
> side. The gas will rise to the top and spread out under hydrostatic
> pressure.
But if the contacts are on top and bottom of the tube, the bubble will separate
them
from conductive fluid, right?
----- End of forwarded message from Pete Hardie -----
That'd work, make sure the liquid doesn't wet the container or the contacts
or you'll get a noisy switch.
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