Gallery: A Lovely Automata iPhone Dock

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The art of automata is all about making beautiful mechanical objects out of wood and other materials.

When Murtaza Lakdawala discovered automata, he also got inspiration for a neat project: a hand-cranked rotating stand for his iPhone. And this is the result.

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The gears were designed using this gear template generator (which proves my theory that if it’s possible to generate, the web has a generator for it – whatever it is).

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Here’s a video of the finished design in action:

There are many more photos and details on Murtaza’s web site. (And many thanks to him for allowing the Cult to re-use his photos and video.)

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