According to its maker, the massive wireless wheel could receive up to 60,000 one-word text messages at the same time, and then print out the texts on the pavement by rolling along the ground. Basically, 1.21 Jigawatts wired an enormous wooden hamster wheel into a wireless network and gave it its own phone number. And a remote control, of course.Ĭreation: A spinning see-saw that lifts riders 12 feet in the air, while an accelerometer waits for the perfect moment to trigger an attached Polaroid camera, ultimately grabbing amusement-park-style candids of the riders’ faces.Ĭreation: Alright, this one’s a bit more difficult to explain. Strawberry daiquiris anyone?Ĭreation: A robot called “The Amazing Cyclo.” Think Johnny 5, but as a puppet, with an LCD face and a single wheel made of shoes for a foot. It would be almost stupid to try and describe what we saw there without images:Ĭreation: A clay-powered mobile pod with suspended electricity-generating swing set.Ĭreation: A steam-powered off-road trolley car, with a nice bronze-style finish.Ĭreation: A hacked up shopping cart that does its own hardcore poppa-wheelies, fittingly named the Wheelie Mobile.Ĭreation: A electric hybrid tricycle fitted with a dryer that also works as a humongous blender. From spinning see-saws to a “WPV” (wedgie-powered vehicle), imagination was certainly not lacking at McCarren Park in Brooklyn yesterday. This year, it was “Energy In Motion,” and that’s exactly what we saw there. In a nutshell, Red Bull throws out a secret theme at the very beginning of the weekend and teams are asked to create gizmos and gadgets that exemplify that theme, all in a matter of 72 hours. Red Bull gives you wings, right? Well, apparently it also gives 16 teams the energy necessary to build brand new and quite random inventions as a part of Red Bull’s annual Red Bull Creation event.
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