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From: "Thomas Tanioka" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Donation Boxes


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> Any ideas on where a person could get the clear vortex chamber/cone  like 
> the one in this donation-cone?
> Tom Tanioka
> Education Director
> Challenger Learning Center/Castle Science and Technology Center
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> On Sep 22, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Nina Simon wrote:
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>> I feel compelled to share the story of the best donation box I've  ever 
>> seen.  It's a low-budget, down and dirty version of the  automata-based 
>> donation boxes that Tim Hunkin designs, and it lives  at the Machine 
>> Project in LA.  It has no sign.
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>> Near the entrance, there is a clear tube hanging down from the  ceiling. 
>> It is hooked to a series of tubes along the ceiling, and  eventually, to 
>> a hidden shopvac.  You can put your hand up to the  tube with a dollar in 
>> hand, and it will happily suck it up and  across the room, to a cone in 
>> which a dollar tornado delightfully  spins, like a higher-yield coin 
>> spinning vortex exhibit.
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>> Here's a picture of the cone with the shopvac off.  Note the 
>> proliferation of dollars!
>> http://skitch.com/ninaksimon/nye3f/donation-cone
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>> Nina
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>> Nina Simon
>> Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com
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>> 831.331.5460
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>> On Sep 22, 2009, at 3:12 PM, John Kelton wrote:
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>>> If you have a donation box in your lobby, please share your label  text 
>>> with
>>> the list. i.e. "Donations gladly accepted"
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>>> Thanks,
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>>> John Kelton
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