One crosses the Seam in order to move from the wild immersion of the Dark Plate to the controlled empowerment of the Light Plate.

人们穿过“接缝”以便从“暗盘”荒凉的沉浸感转换到“明盘”的控制中来。

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This metal plate is exposed to light and creates an image which is then transferred to paper.

这种金属板在曝光后可以产生能被转移到纸上的图像。

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Ice crystals should be plate shaped. They float in the air close to the ground reflecting light back downwards.

冰晶需呈片状，它们悬浮近在地面的空中，将光线向下反射。

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Then an electrical technician, Cassagnes came upon the Etch A Sketch idea in the late 1950s when he peeled a translucent decal from a light switch plate and found pencil mark images transferred to the opposite face, the Toy Industry Association said.

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To further hone the image, engineers use a technique called optical proximity correction, which uses oddly shaped bars, notches and other distortions that are cut into the chrome template on the quartz plate to trick light waves into making a more precise pattern (see left).

FORBES: Trick Of The Light

To further hone the image, engineers use a technique called optical proximity correction, which uses oddly shaped bars, notches and other distortions that are cut into the chrome template on the quartz plate to trick light waves into making a more precise pattern (see chart).

FORBES: Trick of the Light