Fire into Ice- steam powered refrigeration
Maker Faire Bay Area 2016
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Kinetic Steam Works
Kinetic Steam Works, a Bay Area collective dedicated to steam powered kinetic art and education, came together in 2005 to explore, restore and share the artifacts of clockwork modernity. KSW is a small group of industrial artists building with steam.
Witness fire being turned into ice as KSW demonstrates steam-powered mechanical refrigeration. Ride the vibrating couch and learn about constructive/destructive interference. Have a hand at letterpress and behold our running steam traction engine!
What inspired you to make this project?:
We brought a steam powered snow cone machine to Bay Area MF 2010 and people from the crowd asked us when we were going to make the ice we were grinding up in our machine. It's been on the back burner since then (mainly because we had so many other things we wanted to do), but now we're finally getting to it.
