Sometimes you just want to build a large “hamster wheel” for humans, and sometimes you just happen to be collecting iMac boxes to make that dream come true.
That’s the case if you’re Mike Campadore, a systems administrator at George Fox University, anyway. He’s been waiting for over a year to get his hands on iMac boxes, what he initially planned to be 38 of the large white boxes, to make his dream a reality: the “iWheel.” According to the university, as finalized in the video which can be seen below, it didn’t actually take 38 boxes, but instead 36 — and quite a bit of packing tape.
The end result is a gigantic wheel made from iMac boxes, which actually fits a human being pretty nicely and rolls around well enough.
“When more computers arrived in July for a new computer lab, Campadore finally had the boxes he needed to make his “iWheel.” He had estimated it would take 38 boxes to create the perfect wheel, but when he taped together the two sides, he discovered the number was 36. On his first attempt, he left the Styrofoam inside the boxes, but it made the wheel too heavy. Even without the extra weight, he estimates the finished product weighs 120 pounds and is nearly nine feet tall.“
But, that’s not all there is for the iWheel. Campadore has said that he wants to upgrade the wheel to fit a revolving chair, too, thanks to the addition of some plastic pipe.[via iMore; George Fox University]
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