Ideas and innovation at Silicon Valley art and tech fest (photos)

by CNET News.com  |  September 18, 2010, 1:00pm PDT  |  Image 11 of 12

Kaho Abe, as part of Eyebeam, a DIY art collective based in New York, has created a Rube Goldberg or Fischli and Weiss-like contraption called the Ticket Machine.

Insert a quarter, and follow the path of the deliberately overengineered gizmo as hacked and discarded electronics perform one step after another, leading to the printing of a ticket. My receipt read "Everything has the potential to become a pancake."

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