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Subject: Re: 1992 moon base - Teleoperation
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Date: 17 Mar 89 16:44:00 GMT
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    A very simple experiment might provide some of the "touch and feel"
    of teleoperation for those without access to a mechanism with
    adjustable delays in the controls.
    
    Try doing various things while wearing heavy gloves with a slow
    strobe light for illumination.  Better still, get one of the mechanical
    claws that are used to remove merchandise from the top shelf of
    department stores.
    
    The strobe light causes a variable delay between the current state
    of the world, and your information about it.  This differs from
    a constant delay, but should have some resemblance.
    
    Chris Eliot
    University of Massachusetts at Amherst