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I was surprised some time ago when I found out that the modern wind speed measuring devices work without moving parts. I had expected them to all have these spi
by jpalomaki 10y ago
I was surprised some time ago when I found out that the modern wind speed measuring devices work without moving parts. I had expected them to all have these spinning ping pong ball halves.
To do it without moving parts, they are for using for example ultrasound. These devices have pairs on transducers, placed 10-20cm apart and the device then measures how long it takes for the sound to pass through that distance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer#Ultrasonic_anemometers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer#Ultrasonic_anemomet...
- swehner 10y agoDoes a speaker count as a moving part?
- HeyLaughingBoy 10y agoWell, if you want to be pedantic about it, hot-wire anemometers have absolutely no moving parts :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer#Hot-wire_anemometers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemometer#Hot-wire_anemometer...