So, what did YOU make in Shop Class?
While most of us were making wooden cars and Yoda bongs in shop class, Hibiki Kono, a 13-year-old boy, decided to fulfill his dream of becoming Spider-Man. He invented a climbing machine, which uses suction from two Tesco Value vacuum cleaners.
After spending five months conceiving of and making the gadget in his design and technology lessons at King's College School in Cambridge, England, Kono amazed his friends by using the giant sucking pads to climb the school wall during a morning assembly.
Hibiki, whose friends have been working on more mundane projects, such as coffee tables and remote-controlled boats, says the gadget is great fun.
"I've climbed up the school wall, but I'm not allowed too high. It's not scary, and I completely trust the machine" says Hibiki. The machine here is two 1,400-watt vacuum cleaners, which he bought for just £14.98 each, with square wooden pads attached to their nozzles.
While most of us were making wooden cars and Yoda bongs in shop class, Hibiki Kono, a 13-year-old boy, decided to fulfill his dream of becoming Spider-Man. He invented a climbing machine, which uses suction from two Tesco Value vacuum cleaners.
After spending five months conceiving of and making the gadget in his design and technology lessons at King's College School in Cambridge, England, Kono amazed his friends by using the giant sucking pads to climb the school wall during a morning assembly.
Hibiki, whose friends have been working on more mundane projects, such as coffee tables and remote-controlled boats, says the gadget is great fun.
"I've climbed up the school wall, but I'm not allowed too high. It's not scary, and I completely trust the machine" says Hibiki. The machine here is two 1,400-watt vacuum cleaners, which he bought for just £14.98 each, with square wooden pads attached to their nozzles.
