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The dowse-o-matic 1000

Recent visitors to my blog may have read the post about the busk-o-matic 3000. buoyed with enthusiasm for constructing computer controlled mechanical devices, I have been pondering the creation of a dowsing device.

The aim is to allow people to test their dowsing skill in an automated fashion. My preliminary thoughts are to have a pair of reservoirs linked by a pair of tubes. A computer will randomly select one of of two solenoids that will allow water to flow from the upper to lower reservoir via one of two paths, and the dowser will press a button to indicate which of the two tubes contain the flowing water.

This process will be repeated until a statistically significant number of tests have been performed.

I don't for one moment think that this apparatus will fulfill every dowsers requirements for a test... I see it more as a fun device to make scientific testing more accesible to the masses.

So.... what do you think? Do you have any suggestions?

Posted at 11:40AM Nov 02, 2009 by ohp in Projects  |  Comments[0]