On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Oli Glaser wrote: > On 04/06/2011 22:10, Sean Breheny wrote: >> Oh don't be silly - I think the best solution would be to have a a >> small bird tied to the device along with a photo of an owl. When the >> link fails (presumably due to dust), a small linear actuator will >> raise the photo of the own and play a "hoot" sound on a tiny speaker. >> This will cause the bird to try to fly away - which will blow the dust >> off. MUCH simpler and more elegant solution.:) > > Brilliant! Heath and Rube would be most impressed. > You would need to feed the bird of course, but that's a minor detail... And something to clean up the bird droppings as well. A yak hair brush, perhaps? -p. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .