Comments on: Radio Waves, Infra Red and Sound http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/ montessori at school, autonomous at home, all learning together Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:47:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232805 Tim Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:18:04 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232805 Just found this: <a href="http://www.hoagieshouse.com/IR/" rel="nofollow">How to make a webcam work in infra red</a> Just found this:

How to make a webcam work in infra red

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232804 Tim Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:10:40 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232804 Just crossed my mind, you could have a lot of fun with an IrDa hat and a CCTV camera. Also, I am thinking of fitting my car number plates with IrDa. :-) Just crossed my mind, you could have a lot of fun with an IrDa hat and a CCTV camera.

Also, I am thinking of fitting my car number plates with IrDa. :-)

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232800 Tim Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:52:22 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232800 Raymond, sounds you have worked it out for yourself, yes, that is the IrDa port. Raymond, sounds you have worked it out for yourself, yes, that is the IrDa port.

]]> By: Bob http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232798 Bob Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:41:43 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232798 There was a documentary on BBC 4/2 last year (I think - might have been the year before) called Light Story. The DVD might be available - I seem to remember it was good and went on about the colours next to the visible spectrum as well as the visible stuff. (Plus some yuck stuff about Newton jabbing his eye with a pencil on purpose. Raving mad.) There was a documentary on BBC 4/2 last year (I think - might have been the year before) called Light Story. The DVD might be available - I seem to remember it was good and went on about the colours next to the visible spectrum as well as the visible stuff. (Plus some yuck stuff about Newton jabbing his eye with a pencil on purpose. Raving mad.)

]]> By: Raymond http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232795 Raymond Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:13 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232795 That's brilliant! No.1 son has been asking about light and why things are different colours recently. I'll show him this little demo later [I used my pocket digital cam and PDA]. That’s brilliant! No.1 son has been asking about light and why things are different colours recently. I’ll show him this little demo later [I used my pocket digital cam and PDA].

]]> By: Raymond http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232794 Raymond Tue, 23 Jan 2007 11:45:19 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232794 In the photo: is that the IrDA port you can see glowing (it's not clear)? That's neat-o! Must try it ... In the photo: is that the IrDA port you can see glowing (it’s not clear)? That’s neat-o! Must try it …

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232784 Tim Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:31:23 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232784 I think the colours explanation makes sense, I wish I had thought of it, we will have to try it. :-) I think the colours explanation makes sense, I wish I had thought of it, we will have to try it. :-)

]]> By: DaddyBean http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232772 DaddyBean Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:13:30 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232772 Whereas i'd see talking about colours you can't see just weird :-) SB seemed happy enough when we talked about UV 'light' the other day, in the context of vision and how cats see better in the dark, which wandered into things like some insects which can see UV light. don't know what she made of it though. Whereas i’d see talking about colours you can’t see just weird :-)

SB seemed happy enough when we talked about UV ‘light’ the other day, in the context of vision and how cats see better in the dark, which wandered into things like some insects which can see UV light.

don’t know what she made of it though.

]]> By: Jax http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232764 Jax Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:23:45 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232764 You know, if you'd said it was like light you couldn't see to me, you'd have got a blank look. Light is not dark, it's what you see by. (Is it morning, is it light yet?) How can you have light you can't see? If you'd said it was a colour you can't make out you might have got further...we've already done things around rainbows - prisms breaking up light into different colours (though whether she remembers that) and colours recombining to make white on a little spinny thing, so colours might well have got you further. Still think your experiment with the camera is rather fun though, I wouldn't have ever thought of that. You know, if you’d said it was like light you couldn’t see to me, you’d have got a blank look. Light is not dark, it’s what you see by. (Is it morning, is it light yet?) How can you have light you can’t see? If you’d said it was a colour you can’t make out you might have got further…we’ve already done things around rainbows - prisms breaking up light into different colours (though whether she remembers that) and colours recombining to make white on a little spinny thing, so colours might well have got you further.

Still think your experiment with the camera is rather fun though, I wouldn’t have ever thought of that.

]]> By: Tim http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232763 Tim Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:11:02 +0000 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2007/01/22/radio-waves-infra-red-and-sound/#comment-232763 Dunno, but I think it got across the idea that there might really be something beyond what you can see. I think she has already wondered how the tv remote worked, now she nows it is something 'like' light that does it, so it is not such a leap that it might be something 'like' light that accounts for the tv signal too. Maybe. Dunno, but I think it got across the idea that there might really be something beyond what you can see. I think she has already wondered how the tv remote worked, now she nows it is something ‘like’ light that does it, so it is not such a leap that it might be something ‘like’ light that accounts for the tv signal too. Maybe.

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