This guy is artist-in-residence at MIT, and there's a permanent exhibit of his work at the MIT museum -- which is decidedly worth a visit, if you're in the area. --Michael Kleber On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:11:27 -0800 (PST), R. William Gosper <rwg@osots.com> wrote:
This subject reminds me that at Gathering for Gardner 6 was a psycho- mechanic named Arthur Ganson who had connected the merrily spinning shaft of a big motor to a long string of 100:1 gearboxes, with the final output shaft firmly planted in a concrete wall. I suggested as a future project a group of protruding arms performing the candle dance rotation with a proffered horizontal tray, but so far haven't heard back. This is understandable, since his immediate project was to connect the shaft of a hefty (but unmoored) motor around to the back of its own housing via 1:1 bevel gears. Presumably this reached infinite angular velocity and sucked him into a time warp. Or maybe he was just overcome with fumes from the incinerated windings. With ratios other than 1:1 (perhaps via a simple pair of chains and sprockets), this gizmo might actually do something interesting. Or maybe 1:1 with a fluid coupling?? What a great auto shop project for a school with a lot of insurance. --rwg IODOMETRIC MOTORICIDE INCINERATES ANCIENTRIES CREATININES
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