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Quite amazing
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Phil Smith III <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 8 Oct 2012 15:17:24 -0400
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sUtS52lqL5w> &v=sUtS52lqL5w 

And article: http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/video-of-the-week/2012/10/03/the-most-amazing-lego-contraption-ever/

 

This is worth showing your team, discussing the failure modes that the various modules deal with – balls missed, balls coming all at once, etc. As a commenter says:

It's not useless. It's an industrial engineering exercise. The creator sure has learned a lot in the process.

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Phil Smith III

 

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