This looks like it's an absolute blast. It's too bad we're so spread out around the country/globe; I'd love to see what the lot of us could come up with for an entry:
"Kinetic Sculptures are amphibious, human powered works of art. Each May, Kinetic Sculptures from the eastern United States convene at the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) on Baltimore's Inner Harbor for the East Coast Championship race. [...] The eight-hour race covers 15 miles, mostly on pavement, but with two segments out in the harbor, one segment of thick mud, and one segment through sand."
Check out their website for some great photos.
Posted by thinkum at May 7, 2004 05:06 PMNever give an engineer a challenge like this. It probably is a good thing that we're so spread out, or you'd see the most complex edifice known to man gliding down the street ...
Posted by: PyeCat at May 9, 2004 06:05 PMBut, see, that would be a GOOD thing! ;-)
Seriously, it would be a lot of fun to see what we came up with...
Posted by: Thinky at May 9, 2004 11:30 PMYes, it would. I see ... a DRD with floats and skids.
Posted by: PyeCat at May 12, 2004 01:41 PMAnd blinking lights. Don't forget the blinking lights.
Posted by: Thinky at May 12, 2004 01:45 PMYeah ... Xenon blinking lights, to attract attention from blocks away even in daylight ...
Posted by: PyeCat at May 14, 2004 12:47 PM