Comments on: New Radio Pen Reproduces Pictures Put on the Air http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/05/new-radio-pen-reproduces-pictures-put-on-the-air/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: g663 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/05/new-radio-pen-reproduces-pictures-put-on-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-1057150 g663 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:42:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/03/05/new-radio-pen-reproduces-pictures-put-on-the-air/#comment-1057150 Excellent! And something like this would have a modern use as well: broadcasting emergency alerts in conjunction with a SAME radio or something similar. In the event of e.g. a tornado warning, SAME radios go off with a loud beep to wake you up or get your attention, and then broadcast the emergency alert. However, you have to listen to the entire announcement or see a short message on a screen. With an attached printer, similar to the one used in the grocery store to print your receipts, the system could print out the information in the time it takes for you to turn on a light or get a flashlight, so you don't have to sit there and listen for the news you need. You could have time to wake up your family, and then go back and pull off the paper tape and read the message. This would obviously be useful for blind folks as well. Excellent! And something like this would have a modern use as well: broadcasting emergency alerts in conjunction with a SAME radio or something similar. In the event of e.g. a tornado warning, SAME radios go off with a loud beep to wake you up or get your attention, and then broadcast the emergency alert. However, you have to listen to the entire announcement or see a short message on a screen.

With an attached printer, similar to the one used in the grocery store to print your receipts, the system could print out the information in the time it takes for you to turn on a light or get a flashlight, so you don’t have to sit there and listen for the news you need. You could have time to wake up your family, and then go back and pull off the paper tape and read the message.

This would obviously be useful for blind folks as well.

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