Ian Charnas

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Ian Charnas

I am an artist and engineer who aims to inspire creativity and the belief that you can do anything.

Find out how fast I can skate with a jet engine strapped to my back

Rock out with windshield wipers that sync to the beat of your music

Try to spot this real-life invisibility shield

Check out this Thor Cosplay I did using real lightning!

Book a group that blends musical lightning and high-voltage theatrics

Play this video game by moving your body instead of a control pad

Play the world's only portable nuclear powered video game system

Check out this demo of a real-life Mario Kart built for Microsoft HoloLens

Hang out with this talking backpack I left in a public park

Visit a makerspace and innovation center I helped start that is open to all

Decontaminate an N95 in just 1 minute with this specialized UV-C chamber

Swing through a larger-than-life waterfall without getting wet

Start your own COVID-19 face shield manufacturing line

Surprise yourself with the strength of corrugated fiberboard chairs and tables

Try to spot this minimalist boat on the waters of Lake Erie

See this computer-controlled laminar jet pour the perfect amount of beverage

Relieve your COVID-19 pandemic stress with this robot head massager

Adventure onto the frozen Great Lakes to enjoy a pop-up cafe

Download the 36 emoji that you were never supposed to see.

Watch a Millennium Falcon model fly using quantum levitation

Discover how liquid Nitrogen can cast melted chocolate into medallions

Use these cards to answer the question, "What do I say here?"

Download this nostalgic (novelty) collection of windows 95 viruses

See a video game that claims to produce love bites on human players

See one-woman ghost choir, Uno Lady, perform with her scissor suitcase

Learn about the world's first live-video mustache app, created four years before Snapchat's filters

Get expert advice on managing your makerspace in this audio/video series

Relive a special event where musicians heard their music played through lightning

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