Technology meets mini golf at Smash Putt

They call it mechanized experimental art. But it really looks like geek putt-putt on acid.

If you’re an adventurous sort in search of something fun, offbeat and unusual, check out the new Smash Putt miniature golf course in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood. What’s Smash Putt all about?

Well, I’ll let the organizers of the silly spectacle explain.

Golfball cannons! Raucous contraptions! Scratch n’ sniff technology! Amazing feats of gravity defying whimsy. Leave no regrets on this plane of reality as we face the dawning of miniature golf armageddon.

I’ve got to say, this looks down right awesome…


If that video doesn’t get you fired it up, here’s “robotics hackers” Jeremy Franklin-Ross and Mike McCracken talking about some of the pneumatic cylinders used on the course.

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