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Re: Variable thrower

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Originally Posted by geomapguy View Post
*cough* kinect *cough*
I don't get it. The kinect is surely an option. But as I said, I think it is a more complex solution than is needed.
Are we having a conversation, or are we just saying words?

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Originally Posted by bbradf44 View Post
All I need is distance to the wall. But we don't have funds to get a fancy range sensor so we were thinking we could get that data from the kinect. We actually don't need any video at all
The sensor is not "fancy" by any means of its implementation. And some ultrasonic sensors cost as little as 5 dollars.
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