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Real life Wallace and Grommit machines

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Real life Wallace and Grommit machines

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Postby redsturgeon » February 17th, 2021, 12:02 pm


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Re: Real life Wallace and Grommit machines

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Postby bungeejumper » February 17th, 2021, 2:47 pm

I love the work of Jean Tinguely, a Swiss kinetic artist who probably went further than most.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xp2jjSaRVg

Or, less musically, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yrD6QuEL0 :lol:

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Re: Real life Wallace and Grommit machines

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Postby AleisterCrowley » February 17th, 2021, 3:26 pm

Based on discussion with American colleagues, the US equivalent is a Rube Goldberg machine (Wikipedia seems to agree)


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