A Line in the Sand

I had to laugh at my own grumpyness. I saw the headline and started thinking, "ugh, another story with a headline that doesn't explain what the story is actually about." Turns out it does!

The project looks cool - but the link to the video is hard to find.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xGQmm7FXD4

See also this (great-looking) kickstarter:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1199521315/sisyphus-the...

Man it's loud haha, don't mind me, just relaxing to the sound of sand being crushed by a metal ball.

Edit: might be quieter with more sand. Realize that was just a proof of concept video. Also not sure if the gears can be made to be quiet.

Cool mechanical engineering, could build 3D printers and what not.

This is a smaller version of one from Maker Faire 2008.[1]

[1] http://gizmodo.com/386879/sisyphus-v-a-robot-making-a-zen-ga...

The classic computer-controlled Etch-A-Sketch was the Iconorama.[1] Large screen display technology from 1964.

[1] https://youtu.be/etroQFqmV1k?t=768

Make the plotter(?) programmable via an internets app and find a way to "reset the sand without making everything on it shake" and I'll buy three of those.

Engineering something this beautiful to spite your wife has made my evening.

Cool project - and an upvote for having nothing to do with politics :)