This device would have an extendable laser read/writer. When the record button is presssed the laser encodes the tv program directly on to the surface of the material provided - jam being the most suitable.

On attempting to play back the recording the laser read function would be employed.

Special glasses and a steady hand are prerequisites for this feature!
-- martynwyatt, Jun 02 2009

Recording into jam is one thing - but with a laser!?

I think that the write head would need to be a spoon; the read head could possibly be a laser or optical device (camera?). I am not optimistic about the storage capacity and integrity of such a medium.
-- Jinbish, Jun 02 2009


And you'd need to find either a really long baguette, or a reliable method for rotating a pitta.
-- zen_tom, Jun 02 2009


A few connecting rods and some anti-sticky, and you can even power a mechanical frog with it!

And if that makes no sense, you were deprived from some excellent literature as a child.
-- snoyes, Jun 02 2009


A jam powered, stilted amphibian? Link up man!
-- zen_tom, Jun 02 2009


It will probably only work if you want to record Eddie Izzard
-- mecotterill, Jun 06 2009


What if the machine jams?
-- Dickcheney6, Jun 06 2009



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