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I remember the first time I noticed that I could guess correctly which fingertip a friend shining a tiny red pen laser was shining it on, just from minuscule te
by neltnerb 2y ago
I remember the first time I noticed that I could guess correctly which fingertip a friend shining a tiny red pen laser was shining it on, just from minuscule temperature differences.
That you can feel artificial lighting as heat (the actual light, demonstrated as it was a laser some distance away) at such a low power level (<5mW) was pretty surprising to me.
- antognini 2y agoReminds me of Feynman's trick of guessing which book on a bookshelf a person had handled based on the smell.