Binary number system and archimedes’ screw: what they have in common
- Step 1. Binary number system — is used in — Digital signal processor. It processes a digital signal.
- Step 2. Digital signal processor — is part of — Ultrasound scanner. Forming the image.
- Step 3. Ultrasound scanner — works like — Sonar. A medical sonar: the same echo principle.
- Step 4. Sonar — is part of — Submarine. Underwater acoustics.
- Step 5. Submarine — has part — Propeller. A propeller.
- Step 6. Propeller — evolved from — Archimedes’ screw. The first propellers by Smith and Ericsson were a variation on the Archimedes’ screw.