Paul Haas <paulh@HAMJUDO.COM> wrote:

>Subject:      Re: [OT] Electrostatic sensing (was PIC-based angle sensor)
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>===Now I'm going Way Way Off Topic, but I can't help myself.=====
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>I want the thread to die, so I shouldn't mention this.  But it was too
>cool not to note.  With the meter hooked up to the foil, I could detect a
>running cat at 15 feet.  It is dry here this time of year, and he is a
>long haired cat.  I imagine he is really charged up.  He enjoys chasing
>the dot from a laser pointer.  So even though he is a cat, I could get
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>to run anywhere I wanted, when I wanted, to do experiments.
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So could you have a PIC controlled laser pointer........, and tie a
lawnmower to the back of the cat......and ...shall I stop now?

                        Paul!