TekVenture's Chain Reaction Challenge

Free Workshop March 24 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Downtown ACPL

Event Day:
Team Set-Up: 9:00-10:00 am
Judging and Demonstration: 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Community Chain Reaction: 2:00 pm
Awards: 3:00* pm
*Exact time subject to change

The TekVenture Chain Reaction Challenge is an introduction to TekVenture, a community-built, public art & technology laboratory. While searching for a home in the near downtown Fort Wayne area, the Chain Reaction Challenge was created to help demonstrate a dream for the community.

People of all ages and experiences are invited to create a machine or "link" in this fifth-annual community chain reaction. Work alone or gather a group of friends and enjoy the fun by building a contraption that fits on one six-foot table (or three-foot, for novices) and has an energy input and output that can lift a golf ball 1-inch. Your contraption will pull the string to start the next contraption. Then we'll connect the links together to make one large Chain Reaction! No open flames, dangerous chemicals, helium balloons, or more than 1 cup of water is allowed.

Check out How to Build a Rube Goldberg Machine by Aaron Makin! Aaron and his family have participated in the Chain Reaction Challenge for the last four years.