how do you “reverse engineer” something?
In: 64
Timmy sees his friend Jimmy has a cool new bike. He wants one too, but the store just sold out if that model. But Timmy is pretty clever with mechanical stuff. And he thinks he can make a new bike just like Jimmy’s.
So he borrows Jimmy’s bike, promising that he’ll return it just as he got it. Then, with Jimmy’s permission, he takes it apart. Every piece that’s attached to each other, he separated until every part is on its own. Then, he studies each part, every detail he can find. And he works out how to build that part out of some scrap metal his dad gave him. And he’s careful to note how the parts went together, so that he can rebuild Jimmy’s bike.
Once he has all of the parts built, he re-assembles Jimmy’s bike and gives it back. Then, he assembles the parts he made, exactly in the same way. At the end, he has a bike just like Jimmy’s. And he never looked up how to make a bike. He just looked at one already made, and figured it out in reverse.
Latest Answers