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Re: Donation Boxes
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Nina Simon <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:28:10 -0700
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The Machine Project cone is a home depot special... but I imagine  
there are many ways to rig something like this up.  Get some tubing,  
some plastic, a shopvac, and let it fly!


On Sep 23, 2009, at 3:36 PM, JT Stone wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Tanioka" <[log in to unmask] 
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>> ISEN-ASTC-L is a service of the Association of Science-Technology  
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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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Here's a picture of the cone with the shopvac off.  Note the  
>>> proliferation of dollars!
>>> http://skitch.com/ninaksimon/nye3f/donation-cone
>>>
>>> Nina
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>>>
>>> Nina Simon
>>> Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com
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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"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> John Kelton
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