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Posted by: fnord on April 30, 2008 at 10:52 AM

Since a jumprope has a constant force applied to it, it always forms a catenary curve, which can be described by a simple equation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary
Furthermore, since the order of the parameter, a, is the only thing that changes with the position of the pivot points, the actual warp of the display won't change, only its depth. In short, once you adapt for one catenary, you've adapted for all of them, and the text shouldn't be distorted. That being said, I'm certain there's a way using two strain gauges to calculate the sum of the forces on the rope to figure out what a is dynamically, and adapt the display accordingly. Anyone else have any thoughts?

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