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Ballcase
Swim vertically through play pen balls. | |
I am curious as to the effective density of a pit of balls relative to a human being. Would it be possible for a person to migrate vertically through a large well of them? If so:
Then build a house around a cylindrical ball tank. The house is rounded so that every room is connected to the tank.
Stiff rubber flaps serve as interfaces between the tank and the rooms, keeping the balls in the tank, but allowing a human to push through. To go to another room, just swim down or up to wherever you want to go.
Conceptual Artwork
http://img223.image...915/ballcaseti1.jpg
It is extremely conceptual, you may have to fill in blanks. [Cuit_au_Four, Jul 15 2007]
Attic ala waugsqueke
Quicksand_20Vortex
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Jul 15 2007]
Martin Creed: Half the Air In a Given Space
http://www.michaell...oductID=584&show=82
Sort of conceptual art to walk through. Not balls, no vertical swimming. Still fun. From the artist who brought you "Lights Going On and Off". [jutta, Jul 15 2007]
Related Idea?
Aluminum_20Balls
[normzone, Jul 15 2007]
Ball room
http://xkcd.com/c150.html
[fridge duck, Jul 18 2007]
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So you would use these instead of stairs? That's cool. |
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"Say, has anyone seen grandma in the last couple of days?" |
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"She was going up balltank to get something to eat last I know..." |
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I can't quite make up my mind about whether this would or wouldn't be possible - probably depends on the details, ball sizes, weight, squishiness, friction. For "swimming" techniques, look to the ways small animals burrow through sand? (PLEASE DO NOT EAT THE MARBLES.) |
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As per the second anno, I was certain this was related (link). |
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Disappointed - thought this was a testicle holder. |
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I love it just because I imagine moving furiture between floors being way too fun. Imagine pushing a mattress up a ball pit. |
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Would you be able to bring breakfest upstairs, specifically a crossiant? [+] |
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Moving furniture could be done by vibrating the ball tank, turning the balls fluid. Most object would in this environment. getting a matress through a flap would be interesting, unless they were doorway size |
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It seems to me that gravity would work against you as the weight of all the balls on top of you work to hold you down. In addition, those beneath your feet would squish and roll, limiting both traction and movement. |
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If however, you made a fludizied bed in a former stairwell by continuously pumping air into it to the point where the balls behaved as a liquid, then this might actually work. But the balls would probably have to be close to equal in density to the human body, on the order of 60 lbs/cu.ft. |
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I suppose an upgraded implementation of this idea would to be to induce a gentle upward current by pumping balls in through the bottom, and have them spill out over the top and spiral down back to the pumping chamber. That might address the problem posed by nuclear hobo. |
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Or it might end up squishing you, I'm not sure. |
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