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Published by attoni 08-09-2009
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hi everybody...
plz help me with with this puzzle.
a blind man has to take his medicine.He has four pills 2 blue and 2 red pills where every pill has the same shape the same smell and cannot be recognised by touch.
The man must take 1 blue pill and 1 red pill in the morning and the same in the evening
how will he do
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By Tormod on 08-09-2009
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He asks someone.
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By modest on 08-09-2009
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If the pills are segregated then he would just take one from each bottle every 12 hours. If the pills are all mixed up then the only solution I can think of is to put all the pills in the blender and measure out the mixed dose every 12 hours. So, if each pill is 20 mg, he would crush and mix them all up and take 40 mg of the mix every 12 hours.

Then again, I think Tormod might have found the easiest solution

~modest
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By modest on 08-09-2009
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I thought of a better solution (better because it's more nerdy).

Rip a pair of 3D glasses in half (just for the drama of the act). Keep half and discard the other half (it doesn't matter which half you keep). Put all pills in the fridge then take them one at a time outside on what we'll assume is a sunny day. Put each pill under the lens. Half the pills will warm up quicker than the other half. You've then segregated the pills... in theory

~modest
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By attoni on 08-11-2009
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well i like the nerdy solution better
10x anyway....
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By Pyrotex on 08-11-2009
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Oh ye of little imagination. I'd do somewhat the same thing, but I would use a 500 milliWatt output red laser instead of the kindigarten 3D glasses.
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By freeztar on 08-11-2009
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Oh ye of little imagination. I'd do somewhat the same thing, but I would use a 500 milliWatt output red laser instead of the kindigarten 3D glasses.
If the pharmacist screwed up so much, what makes you think the 500mw laser salesman will not do the same.
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By belovelife on 08-11-2009
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you could use a solar pannel and a led
measure the voltage for each color
then add voice on the computer
then each time you need to take a pill
to make sure
you scan the pill
the measured voltage defines the color
then you get a definate color
by voltage of the reflected light

after being tare
the scanner would work
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By Theory5 on 08-12-2009
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Originally Posted by belovelife View Post
you could use a solar pannel and a led
measure the voltage for each color
then add voice on the computer
then each time you need to take a pill
to make sure
you scan the pill
the measured voltage defines the color
then you get a definate color
by voltage of the reflected light

after being tare
the scanner would work
So the blind man can do all this? lol I think you guys are overthinking it a little.
Very creative though.
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