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Minimum Wage Machine — Blake Fall-Conroy

Wrote the artist:

The Minimum Wage Machine (2008-2010, updated 2012 and 2016) allows anyone to work for minimum wage.

For as long as they turn the crank, the user is paid in pennies as time passes.

For example, if minimum wage is $7.25/hour (the current US Federal rate), then the worker is paid one penny every 4.97 seconds.

If they stop turning the crank, they stop earning money.

The machine's mechanism and electronics are powered by the hand crank and pennies are stored in a plexiglas box.

The Minimum Wage Machine can be reprogrammed as minimum wage changes, or for wages in different locations.

See more of his work here and here.

[via Milena]

Experts' Experts: Tillamook Maker's Reserve 2014 Extra Sharp White Cheddar is the Best Cheddar in the World

It came first in the latest World Cheese Awards held at the Pavilhão Multiuso de Viseu in Viseu, Portugal.

You could look it up.

You can too!

A half-pound costs $26.

Experience tells me it will set out fast.

What is it?

Answer here this time tomorrow.

Hint: smaller than a bread box.

Another: moving parts.

A third: plastic.