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Maker Faire Austin 2008
Life Size Mousetrap
The unique design of this giant, Rube Goldberg-style contraption was cleverly gleaned from the memories of childhood, twisted out of scale, then sketched beyond life size. It features an enormous construct of crazy stairs, a flame-throwing lamppost, careening bowling balls, and a hand-built, 30-foot-tall crane capable of lifting and dropping 5 tons! The object of this 25 ton vaudevillian encounter is to "accomplish by complex means what seemingly could be done simply!" So our lucky players get to lift a 400-lb cast-iron bathtub 13 feet into the air, crank cranks, load springs and turn impossibly huge gears, all in a supreme effort to crush a trinket of meaning (say, a 1,200 lb pumpkin) under a falling 2-ton bank safe! The Mousetrap is impressive as a static sculpture, but it is the motion, started by a human, that is the heart of its existence.
Web site: http://www.lifesizemousetrap.org
About the Maker(s)
Mark Perez
The Life Size Mousetrap was created by fungineer Mark Perez.
http://www.lifesizemousetrap.org
