Sliiiiiiiiiiiinky

In answer to that never-asked-often-enough question "what happens when you weld 33.5 Slinkies together and hang the whole thing from elastic cords, here's Sliiiiiiiiiiiinky!

Artist/scientist/player Robin Whittle explains: "I created Sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinky primarily to explore waves in the 0.5 to 5 Hz region - to be made by hand in three dimensions and to watch them travel along. However, before I built it, I also hatched a plan to mount nine piezo pickups along the spring, one for each pair of frame supports, and to have an amplifier and speaker at each leg. Then, impulse sounds and wind-generated vibrations would be audible in 9 glorious channels of sound."

You can listen to the Sliiiiiiiiiiiinky.

You can watch the Sliiiiiiiiiiiinky in motion.

You can marvel at the ingenuity of the design and observe the sheer delght it brings.

And yet, unless you understand fun, you'll never understand why.