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

[Glen Jarvis]

Awesome article :)

G

On Sep 29, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Brian Morris <cymraegish at gmail.com> wrote:

> The twisting actions can be applied to regular screws. No relation to the previous link other than use of ultrasound -
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> http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/sonic-screwdriver-could-produce-ultrasonic-force-fields-manipulate-objects-scientists-say
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> 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:
> But if you get the vibrational modes just right...
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> 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?
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> Bah, I always forget to hit "reply all".
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> 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
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> http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/sonic-screwdriver-could-produce
>      -ultrasonic-force-fields-manipulate-objects-scientists-say
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