EM_Table 

Designed and Constructed by Lorin Edwin Parker


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The EM_Table is inlaid with four compasses. Although compasses normally point north, they will also point toward other magnetic fields.

Laptops, cell phones, magnets, speakers and electronic devices placed on the table cause them to turn, vibrate, even spin in circles.

This becomes an interactive feature of the table which reveals explicitly, the many magnetic fields that we encounter in our everyday living.

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All major materials were reclaimed surplus or salvage:

Stainless Steel (from restaurant demolition)
Wood (cut from discarded conference table)
Ground Glass Tiles (surplus)
Copper Tile (unused ciruit board material)
Copper Legs (Discarded plumbing)
Copper and Bronze Tacks (new)
Compasses (Surplus)

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