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From: shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough)
Subject: Re: A sense of balance
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Mark Epperson (epperson@adobe.com) wrote:

: Ok, here is another idea.
: 
: What about a track-ball or joy-stick mounted upside down
: with a weight attached?

I would rather have something a little more robust. How about a set
of mercury switches around a sphere? Just keep adding more until you
get the resolution you need. If you thought of each switch as a bit,
you could have a single 8-bit or 16-bit number that represents your
true orientation. Hey, don't laugh, it could happen.

I have also heard of, but never seen (get this), microprocessor controlled
carpenter's levels. I'm not sure what they do, but they're supposedly
hot sellers, and if there is a CPU hooked up to the thing, maybe it's
possible to use it as a sensor. Hmmm. I'm going to have to look into that.

: Mark Epperson

-Shane

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