Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Now this is high-fucking-tech...

Duct tape and bailing wire pretty much literally, so endoscopic tools with embedded six degree-of-freedom sensors (Ascension Tech). The magnetic tracking isn't without some headaches, but so far I'm pretty impressed with the precision. As expected metal screws with them, but a bit unexpectedly, the accuracy varies dramatically depending on where in the magnetic field volume the sensor is-- get too close to the emitter and all is lost.

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