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Human Made Machine

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OBJECT: Motor/Pump device of some sort to assist ordinary humans to achieve mechanical task.

ORIGIN: Planet Earth, MIT Department of Civil Engineering, Materials Testing Lab.

CONDITION: standard corrosion, peeling paint, highly used. Out of service.

COMPOSITION: metal casing, with wire and magnetic interior.

CONSUMERIST VALUE: none, typically unappealing to mass consumer markets.

APPEARANCE: Machine aesthetic, highly valued by MECHE types.

ANTHROPOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE: empty signifier for any projected meaning.

USE FOR KRYPTON: For display in the Museum of Weird and Wonderful Earthly Artifacts.

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INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS

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SOME DETAILS

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2 Responses to “Human Made Machine”

  1. danny Says:
    September 27th, 2007 at 3:06 pm

    Trade school

  2. Wahoo Says:
    October 5th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

    Thank you for sharing!

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