At 09:55 PM 3/18/01 +0300, you wrote:
>>Hey I have been pondering making a transmissive LCD array into an on/off
>>mirror that I could mount into the back window of my car to reflect back
>>the light of the $%^& who has his headlights too high behind me. I had
>>been wondering how to have the mirror dynamically self focus on the
>>driver, now I know. Perhaps I really should have changed the subject to
>>[PIC] after all.
>
>Just place a row of catadiopters on the front collision bar. The 2 inch
>ones used for theodolite survey work will do fine. You don't need to
>orient them, they return the glare where it came from. I also suspect that
>this is not legal so I did not say that you should do this. I.e. don't do
>this.
>
>Peter

Presumably that fancy word means "corner reflector".  I have thought
about doing that ever since I've been driving.  But I figured I would
just reflect the light back to the headlights, not the driver.

(Just tried James' amazing dictionary search.  Not there.  We'll
hafta wait for the "add one yourself" feature.)

Barry

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