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Answer by John for How would a low-tech device be able to alert its user?
it is the size of a pocketwatch so use simple clockwork, basically you are building a spring driven vibrator (which is just an uneven spinning weight) that uses the wire as the release mechanism, (just...
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With a bit of low-tech surgery, you attach the thin wire to the skull of a canary, such that when the wire bends, it pokes the canary in the eye. Removal of the eyelids is probably necessary....
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The general answer is that you want a trigger. You have a source of potential energy that is held at bay with a tremendous amount of mechanical advantage. When the trigger is moved out of the way, the...
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This low tech alarm that lights up the room on triggering. It is in the British Museum. When the target time is reached, or your wire bends, a trigger causes a flint-lock mechanism to light some...
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Assume a low-tech scenario, no Electricity, more or less iron age tech-levels. Some people in this world carry devices the size of a modern compass. Within is a very thin (like hair, but of lighter...
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