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In many films, such a Indiana Jones, a valuable object is lying on a pressure sensor that sets off an alarm/trap when the weight lying on it changes. Without interfering with the inner workings, could you reliably defeat it by adding exactly as much pressure as you relieve by lifting the object?

by /u/Rhamni in /r/askscience

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