2007-01-10 05:19:45 · 15 answers · asked by Yard Nome 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
You have to search really, really, etc. hard.
2007-01-10 05:28:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Needle in the Haystack
Not a myth, but an adage: Can you use modern technology to render the "needle in a haystack" adage meaningless?
For the experiment, it was a competition between Adam and Jamie to find their respective needles: one bone needle and three steel needles each.
Jamie's needle-seeking contraption: Long rotating tube with holes for needles to fall through, with magnet to catch magnetic needles. At the end of the tube, a burner to turn hay to ash and catch any needles that make it through.
Adam's needle locator: water tank, which would allow the hay to float through and the needles to fall. Three paddlewheel agitators to stir hay and move it out of the tank.
Jamie: "Adam's rig is actually fairly clever I think"
In the actual competition, Jamie took an early lead, finding the first steel needle after four hours. Adam's team made some modifications at Tory's advising, adding a strip of magnets where the hay was loaded into the machine. This allowed them to quickly find two steel needles and take the lead, and after six hours Adam's team had found the last metal needle. They had not yet found the bone needle, nor had Adam actually checked to see if bone needles floats. Jamie's team found second metal needle sitting on top of pile, but they could not catch up as Adam's team removed the agitators and located the bone needle at the bottom of the tank.
Jamie: "It's about time he beat me in one of these contests"
It was a weird competition, seeing as Jamie's machine never really worked as designed (no needle dropped through the slits), and three out of the four needle for Adam's machine were found by the addition of the mid-contest magnets.
2007-01-10 13:31:45 · answer #2 · answered by rob u 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try using a magnet
2007-01-10 13:22:38 · answer #3 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a really big and powerful magnet
2007-01-10 13:28:40 · answer #4 · answered by edge 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Burn the haystack
2007-01-10 13:23:40 · answer #5 · answered by rahul m 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd use an extremely powerful magnet.
2007-01-10 13:23:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patiently.
2007-01-10 13:23:06 · answer #7 · answered by lucy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
throw the hay in to water, all the straw floats
the pin drops to the bottom
2007-01-10 13:31:06 · answer #8 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should check out the mythbusters episode, they trired.
2007-01-10 13:26:26 · answer #9 · answered by SkiOli 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a) metal detector
b) magnet
c) a fire (burn the hey)
d) a lot of luck
e) long hard work
pick one.
2007-01-10 13:24:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WITH A MAGNET. OR A METAL DETECTOR.
2007-01-10 15:47:10 · answer #11 · answered by mybutterfliesarentdead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋