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by ikari_pl
908 days ago
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When I saw the title, and the picture, my thought chain was going fast! * Is it electrical? No, impossible, dry spaghetti is not a good conductor * Is it optical? It could make sense, maybe spaghetti behaves like an optic fiber, trapping the reflections inside? * Oh my god, it's mechanical! So what happens here is, there's a relay (electromechanical device) modified to be able to poke a metal rod when a signal is applied. This rod pokes the spaghetti. The receiving end watches the end of the spaghetti for movement - with an optical sensor. When it moves back, more light will get through the sensor, than when spaghetti is in the way. So the bits are represented by physical movement back and forth of the spaghetti noodle (is noodle a correct term here?). |
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