Re: Different sort of ATM project

["Bill Akins" <bakins@newsguy.com>]

Signing in the dark could be easier with strips of glow-in-the-dark tape
along the fingers of gloves.  It's often cold enough to need gloves anyway.
While in the Army, we had strips of this tape on the back of our caps to
allow the person behind you to know how far ahead you were.  They do not
glow very bright (too good of a target for a sniper), so I don't think it
would mess up your night vision that badly.  Just a thought...

L8R.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Coslo <mjc5@psu.edu>
To: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 10:54 AM
Subject: Different sort of ATM project


>
> Hey all,
>
> I saw on another list (astromart) a gentleman that was asking about
> a deaf amateur astronomer list. I thought that sounded odd, why would a
> deaf person have any different needs than the rest of us? TIll I read the
> letter, and found out that deaf astronomers can't use sign language very
> well in pitch dark. That is a problem unless you are out by yourself.
>
> Well, I thought that here was an idea we might be able to sink our
> collective teeth into. We spend so much time going over many of the same
> ATM projects - sonotubes, secondary sizes, scratches, laps, and so on.
> Maybe we could come up with something that would be a major help to deaf
> amateurs.
>
> - Mike -
>
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