[Noisebridge-discuss] What I've always wanted ...

[Brian Morris]

The twisting actions can be applied to regular screws. No relation to the
previous link other than use of ultrasound -

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/sonic-screwdriver-could-produce-ultrasonic-force-fields-manipulate-objects-scientists-say



On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Taylor Alexander <tlalexander at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Eden Sherry <e at eden2.com> wrote:
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>> But if you get the vibrational modes just right...
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>> http://www.newscaletech.com/**squiggle_overview.html<http://www.newscaletech.com/squiggle_overview.html>
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> Squiggle motors have specially designed screws and housings. The screws are
> not tight and the housing is very flexible and designed to flex in a
> specific way. That principle doesn't apply to regular screws tightened into
> a regular threaded hole.
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> Unless you can cause enough vibration to distort the thing the screw is
> tightened into, its not going anywhere.
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>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011, Taylor Alexander wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Glen Jarvis <glen at glenjarvis.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>      How hard would it be to make a device the was able to unscrew
>>>      a screw with sonic vibrations in real life? I'm thinking the
>>>      type of vibrations the loosen bolts in vehicles when they've
>>>      been driven on rough roads for long periods of time?
>>>
>>>
>>> Bah, I always forget to hit "reply all".
>>>
>>> But thats not really something you can make happen. Bolts that loosen do
>>> it over generally very long periods of time with generally lots of
>>> vibration and actually lots of high forces.
>>>
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>>>
>>> Glen
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>>> On Sep 29, 2011, at 7:19 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>      A real sonic screwdriver
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>>>      http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=IPR4dQMcTNY&feature=player_**
>>> embedded<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPR4dQMcTNY&feature=player_embedded>
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>>> http://www.popsci.com/**technology/article/2010-12/**
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