Optics Brand Does Honda Cog…Except With Light

Remember Honda Cog? That Rube Goldberg exercise in amazement? Many brands paid homage to that stunt. Well. here’s one more.

Japanese optics brand au Hikari has worked up its own two minutes of awesome except the whole thing is powered by light. You know, the way you can use a magnifying glass to burn paper? Well, apparently, there’s a lot more fun you can have with light.

Give the video a watch.

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