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I wonder if it's possible to design (and build) a digital sundial with arbitrarily many digits (the obvious upper bounds of 'arbitrary' imposed by our physical
by daniel-levin 12y ago
I wonder if it's possible to design (and build) a digital sundial with arbitrarily many digits (the obvious upper bounds of 'arbitrary' imposed by our physical universe notwithstanding). It's an interesting thought experiment...
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- pjc50 12y agoI don't see why not, although limiting factors will be brightness and diffraction limiting how hard the edge of the shadow sweeping across the ends of your optical fibers can be and also how small the fibers themselves can be.