Mechanics

Launch parachutes to see how they fall.

At first glance, the giant see-through-erector-set-like structure seems to be a realization of one of Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical inventions.

In Balancing Ball, high pressure keeps a beach ball aloft.

A square wheel can roll smoothly—if the "road" is the right shape.

Spinning water makes a mathematical curve.

Fluttering waves whirl around the edge, creating patterns of evenly spaced ripples.

This "tail-devourer" symbolizes an eternal loop.

Edmark’s 3-D printed sculptures, called blooms, animate when spun under a strobe light.

The Drawing Board is a pendulum that creates unique designs.

When you set these pendulums swinging, the motion of each one affects the others.

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