Noted electronics writer Forrest M. Mims, III, has proposed a puzzler. How would you design a passive, automatic sensor to accurately tell the difference between LED and incandescent headlights when viewing the light from a distance? Check out his puzzler page at Jameco and read his fictional scenario requiring such a device and possible solutions.
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I’d hope by then folks would have had enough of the Federal Reserve and its creepy authoritarian government. While tempted to play along with Mim’s exercise, I’d prefer to ask the question why such mandates are valid for a government to impose, and how one can go about ending them. The creepiness of the exercise shouldn’t be overlooked.
Zeke, be sure to read the “Going Further” section on the solution page at http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/workshop/puzzler/puzzler14correct.html which starts out: “The Society of Authentic Antique Motor Cars (SAAMC) is unhappy about the arrival of headlight traps. …” Technology can be employed to make authoritarian government less … relevant.
If you outlaw incandescent light bulbs, only outlaws will…
Just kidding.