Marble elevators

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Apr / 09

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20 Apr / 09

Posted by luigi

In a parallel line of development, we are playing around with marbles and chain reaction elements. One of the problems that we're constantly facing is how to work against gravity. It's easy enough for a marble to roll down an incline, but how do you bring it back up? Here are two solutions Walter came up with.

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Submitted by Alex (not verified) on Tue, 2009-04-21 23:14

in reaction to this video, overheard on twitter from @coreyfro: @Exploratorium I've always wanted to make a solid state ball bearing conveyor using a slowmo version of a rail gun.

Submitted by luigi on Wed, 2009-04-22 15:23

Hey Alex, keep an eye out for that, sounds cool. If he ever actually makes it, we're interested! :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2010-01-20 16:58

Such a simple looking solution, yet complicated to make. The craftsmanship that went into making that was very impressive, thanks for sharing!