HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoEven better than a cart of appleslemmy.worldimagemessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down112
arrow-up1851arrow-down1imageEven better than a cart of appleslemmy.worldHootinNHollerin@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareverstralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoThese are so simple and yet so clever. When i noticed them the first time i started noticing them everywhere (on all rail infrastructure).
minus-squareRubberElectrons@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI as well. Seattle transit, NEC Amtrak and NJ transit live off of these. If these systems work for them, they’ll work for us all
minus-squaresomeacnt_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIs it simple? It looks quite complicated, but maybe that’s just me forgetting how to compute forces.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agosimple in that it’s just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose
minus-squareverstralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAlso, you are looking at a few different wires at once here. Each separate wire is tensioned with a mechanism with a few moving parts.
These are so simple and yet so clever. When i noticed them the first time i started noticing them everywhere (on all rail infrastructure).
I as well. Seattle transit, NEC Amtrak and NJ transit live off of these. If these systems work for them, they’ll work for us all
Is it simple? It looks quite complicated, but maybe that’s just me forgetting how to compute forces.
simple in that it’s just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose
Also, you are looking at a few different wires at once here. Each separate wire is tensioned with a mechanism with a few moving parts.