Re: How to shoot down or cath a fly....

In sci.physics, Jan Panteltje
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on Tue, 12 Jul 2005 15:04:17 GMT
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> I have all doors open, am working on the house.
> Flies come in from farms close to here.
> Some are REALLY difficult to kill.

Yeah, they do tend to have very good omnidirectional photon
sensor systems... :-)

>
> Some laser that hits 2 movable mirrors and a CMOS
> camera to spot it / direct the beam?
> These things are FAST!

Erummm...why two? Why not one with a dualpivot gimbal?
Not that one would be any better than the other if the fly
decides to hide behind the refrigerator, unless it's a
really *large* pivot arm... :-)

>
> Not to mention the black burned wall paper....

Sounds like a major drawback with any such system.

> But on the other hand, if I build it and can get it working
> the same design could also shoot down incoming missiles and planes...
> Bit bigger.

Depends on the ability of the problem to scale up. Model metal cars
can be stepped on, for example. I doubt most 1:1-scale automobiles
would be quite as durable.

> 51 billion and not working that US anti missile system.
> Care to lend me a billion and have me have a go at the flies?
> hehe

Nope, not here. Though I do have a few dollar coins, courtesy
of the US Postal Service (though I did have to give them a $20
bill to get them; funny how their machines work that way...)

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