MINNEAPOLIS - Operated by a two-motor robot (the "Sisbot"), Sisyphus' new kinetic table draws complex designs in sand beneath a glass top. Offered in both coffee table and end table versions, the ...

Simon Sörensen, a young engineer in Sweden, has made something that would delight Bill and Ted and Confucious equally: a kinetic art table that erases whatever pattern it itself creates. The table, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A little steel ball rolls silently across a sand-covered surface, moved by an unseen force, its path ceaselessly tracing an intricate design. That idea garnered nearly $2 million on ...

MAPLE PLAIN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The rise of makerspaces — whether in libraries, college campuses or out in the community — has contributed to the acceleration of ideas and products vying for ...

There’s nothing fun about a Sisyphean task unless you’re watching one being carried out by someone or something else. In that case, it can be mesmerizing like this Arduino-driven kinetic sand table.