I recently came across an article in the January edition of Popular Science about these:
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Glass to me would seem to be inefficient and prone to resonance, and I'm having trouble seeing how the motor imparts movement - does it propagate upwards through the glass panels, or do the curved panels at the base actually provide horizontal pistonic movement?
They're $8,000 a set - you could pay a lot more for boutique stuff, but it's still up there. I do thing they're rather pretty though. Would also seem to be a very challenging DIY - machining the glass for one thing.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this to see if anyone knew anything about the technology/mechanics, and if you've seen anything like this before; it's new to me.
Cheers
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Glass to me would seem to be inefficient and prone to resonance, and I'm having trouble seeing how the motor imparts movement - does it propagate upwards through the glass panels, or do the curved panels at the base actually provide horizontal pistonic movement?
They're $8,000 a set - you could pay a lot more for boutique stuff, but it's still up there. I do thing they're rather pretty though. Would also seem to be a very challenging DIY - machining the glass for one thing.
Anyway, I just wanted to post this to see if anyone knew anything about the technology/mechanics, and if you've seen anything like this before; it's new to me.
Cheers