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A hand-carved wooden rib cage with a heart of LEDs. The lights have several modes including a sound reactive heartbeat to the music.

Use 3D model of a rib cage to find shape of each rib
I chose this 3D model of a rib cage for its shape and because from the side view, most of the ribs are pretty much parallel. That was the key to support my whole assembly plan: to carve each rib individually out of a flat sheet of wood, and stack them at an offset like a staircase, pointed downward at a 20 degree angle.”

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