Smart Rope

[Mighty_Emperor]

I was just reading an article about an innovative group of engineers - the Squid Lab and they have created smart rope:

That philosophy paid off earlier this year, when the group announced its first product, a smart rope that displays information about its state in real time. The rope, which can be cut and generally used like normal rope, has a display out the end that tells how much load it's carrying and even how frayed it is. It's expected to be on the shelves of Home Depot in about six months.

www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,68 ... _tophead_1

See their page:

www.squid-labs.com/projects/erope/

See also their "engineering for good" page:

www.squid-labs.com/projects/society.html

 

[Ringo]

All we need now is smart carpet and lorry drivers will never have to worry about bodies unravelling in lay-bys again.

 

[MaxMolyneux]

All we need now is smart carpet and lorry drivers will never have to worry about bodies unravelling in lay-bys again.

Bodies get drove in lorries. :shock:

That all the rope does is tell people how much load it carries?