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From: mmoss@csserv2.ic.sunysb.edu (Matthew D Moss)
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Subject: Space and motion detector
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Date: 28 Nov 90 01:07:58 GMT
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I want to get some general infomation on this, as I might use it
for a project I am considering.

Imagine a small circuit, connected via wires to a computer. What
I want that circuit to do is send information to the computer, and
have the computer store a time vs. info table of the data.

The information I want to send back would be the position in space,
the instantaneous velocity, and the acceleration, all with magnitude
and direction (a unit vector in 3-space).

The computer would read this information from the circuit every
unit of time (as specified by some program) and store it in a table
so I could use it later.

Is this possible?? It looks possible, considering that there are
"pens" used for 3-D modeling that record position in 3-space.

Please e-mail general information as to what would be needed in
such a circuit, or how such a circuit woul work.

Thanx.....	Matthew Moss	mmoss@libserv1.ic.sunysb.edu