Babble Fish
Okay, so I was browsing through Patents when I came across this description of a device:
"From the foregoing, it may be appreciated that a need has arisen for a method and apparatus for effecting motion generation and/or position measurement with a high resolution consistent with nano-scale applications. According to the present invention, a method and apparatus are provided to address this need, where first and second sections are supported for relative movement, the first section having a plurality of first portions which extend along respective different axes, and the second section having a plurality of approximately annular second portions which each extend around a respective axis and which each have a respective first portion extending movably therethrough, each second portion and the first portion extending therethrough being a respective pair. The first portion of each pair is caused to generate a magnetic field, and the second portion of each pair is caused to generate a magnetic field which is approximately annular, the magnetic field generated by one of the portions of each pair being a function of an electrical signal. The magnetic fields generated by the portions of each pair interact in a manner urging movement of the first portion relative to the second portion in a direction approximately along the axis associated with the first portion."
That is Thee Tech-est thing I have EVER read and I think Orbital should find a way and turn this into a sample!
The funniest part is the "diagram" that accompanied this was completely No-Tech - vague and missing about four parts of this description.
Between the text and the scrawled drawing, it made no sense to me or anyone else who saw it.
I can't believe this dude actually got a Patent, lol!
"From the foregoing, it may be appreciated that a need has arisen for a method and apparatus for effecting motion generation and/or position measurement with a high resolution consistent with nano-scale applications. According to the present invention, a method and apparatus are provided to address this need, where first and second sections are supported for relative movement, the first section having a plurality of first portions which extend along respective different axes, and the second section having a plurality of approximately annular second portions which each extend around a respective axis and which each have a respective first portion extending movably therethrough, each second portion and the first portion extending therethrough being a respective pair. The first portion of each pair is caused to generate a magnetic field, and the second portion of each pair is caused to generate a magnetic field which is approximately annular, the magnetic field generated by one of the portions of each pair being a function of an electrical signal. The magnetic fields generated by the portions of each pair interact in a manner urging movement of the first portion relative to the second portion in a direction approximately along the axis associated with the first portion."
That is Thee Tech-est thing I have EVER read and I think Orbital should find a way and turn this into a sample!
The funniest part is the "diagram" that accompanied this was completely No-Tech - vague and missing about four parts of this description.
Between the text and the scrawled drawing, it made no sense to me or anyone else who saw it.
I can't believe this dude actually got a Patent, lol!