The Exploratorium's Learning Studio blog | A workshop for tinkering with technology, science, and art » linkage http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Marble elevators http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/2009/04/20/marble-elevators/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/2009/04/20/marble-elevators/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:53:06 +0000 Luigi http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/?p=417 In a parallel line of development, we are playing around with marbles and chain reaction elements. One of the problems that we’re constantly facing is how to work against gravity. It’s easy enough for a marble to roll down an incline, but how do you bring it back up? Here are two solutions Walter came up with.

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