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Zee Ultimate Solar Mobile...
Dave Hrynkiw
May 5, 2006
I had been giving some advice to Mark Malmberg about some art he's been putting together. Wanna see a killer huge solar-powered hanging mobile?
From the builder himself:
This piece has been a test piece and learning experience. I'll show it in a couple of months at a place called the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, CA for their annual fundraising dinner. Other than that, it's not really built for display, somewhat fragile to transport.
It ain't hardcore BEAM, but it's still cool...
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