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It's a good start, but it may serve best to remind us of the limitations of basic technology. Instead of an X detector, what we have is an X detector detector.
by wunderlust 13y ago
It's a good start, but it may serve best to remind us of the limitations of basic technology. Instead of an X detector, what we have is an X detector detector. From a design perspective this is obviously odd.
On the other hand, in a sense it's a multi-detector, since in theory it should respond to detectors of many sorts. There are some upsides to that.
- alexvr 13y agoHaha, yep. It'll wake you up if you're close enough to a jackhammer or if you're sleeping on a railroad, too. Don't try that at home :p
- htk 13y agoYou can also see this tool as a sense translator. It is translating hearing to touch, and maybe sight in the future (if the camera flash is also used). This way we can let the detectors do what they do best, and translate the physical phenomenon used by the signal, if we don't have the physiological capacity necessary to detect it.
- elwell 13y ago> From a design perspective this is obviously odd. I disagree. It's unifying, and that's a good thing.