Re: MRA/No self running devices?
Dr Jones ( maitland@icarus.ihug.co.nz )
Thu, 2 Apr 1998 17:49:51 +1200
At 19:20 1/04/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Ray et al!
>
>You wrote;
>> Anyone can paddle a canoe in a pool. It doesn't equate to what
>> I would call unidirectional thrust.
>
>You really need to see the video, he shows one version on the floor,
>jerky yes, but moving in one direction (uni = one)....but to see the
>canoe moving across the water and gaining speed is really quite amazing.
>
>Perhaps we can get a copy of it and make an mpeg or avi file.
>
Actually, David Cowlishaw has emailed me a movie a while ago of James Hurl's
GIT. It moves in one direction, provingthe principle, but because the race
isn't properly built it wanders across the desk as well as forward.
Does anyone want me to email it to them? Or should I put a copy on the Net?
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