Mindstorms Papertape reader/writer

Lego-built paper taper digital paper tape recorder in operation. This system could receive a batch of data, up to available memory and print it as bits onto a paper tape.
Then, on command, it could read back a paper tape, turning the marks into bits, and transmit that back via IR to the host computer. It was just a proof of concept, but it worked both ways reliably. I think the data rate was something like 0.0003 kBits/sec or something.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Lego
• data
• recorder
• paper
• tape
• DIY
• mindstorms

[linuxlove4004]

i can install windows or linux in a few hundred years with this thing!

[mexicanerd]

lol i can listen to my new mp3 n only 79 years!

[er10b]

Morse code transmitted in only 3 hours!

[chris12me]

more data channels!

[phalxor]

im dropping that piece of tech in as my new HD