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I had to laugh at my own grumpyness. I saw the headline and started thinking, "ugh, another story with a headline that doesn't explain what the story is actually about." Turns out it does!
Not quite, I think the title should contain the word "machine".
true but I was expecting it to be some post about metaphorically drawing a line in the sand on some issue. I was surprised it was about a machine to draw a line in the sand
That's what I thought too, that's I say the word is missing.
The project looks cool - but the link to the video is hard to find.
See also this (great-looking) kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1199521315/sisyphus-the...
Man it's loud haha, don't mind me, just relaxing to the sound of sand being crushed by a metal ball.
Edit: might be quieter with more sand. Realize that was just a proof of concept video. Also not sure if the gears can be made to be quiet.
Cool mechanical engineering, could build 3D printers and what not.
I'm guessing sand on plexiglass isn't super quiet =)
This is a smaller version of one from Maker Faire 2008.[1]
[1] http://gizmodo.com/386879/sisyphus-v-a-robot-making-a-zen-ga...
The classic computer-controlled Etch-A-Sketch was the Iconorama.[1] Large screen display technology from 1964.
Make the plotter(?) programmable via an internets app and find a way to "reset the sand without making everything on it shake" and I'll buy three of those.
Engineering something this beautiful to spite your wife has made my evening.
Cool project - and an upvote for having nothing to do with politics :)