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Dezeen’s top ten: machines
Due to the popularity of Melvin, a machine we showed on Dezeen Screen that triggers a chain of strange events when an alarm sounds, this month's top ten is all about machines.
![The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser The Solar Sinter by Markus Kayser](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/06/dezeen_The-Solar-Sinter-by-Markus-Kayser_15.jpg)
A 3D-printer that uses sunlight and sand to make glass objects in the desert by RCA graduate Markus Kayser is the most popular machine by far.
![Audience by rAndom International Audience by rAndom International](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/10/random-international-main.jpg)
In second place are a set of motorised mirrors that turn to face visitors, wherever they happen to be standing in the room.
![r2b2 by Christoph Thetard r2b2 by Christoph Thetard](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/11/dzn_r2b2-by-Christoph-Thetard-1.jpg)
Readers were impressed with this set of pedal-powered kitchen gadgets, which comes in at number three.
![The Idea of a Tree by Mischer’Traxler The Idea of a Tree by Mischer’Traxler](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/06/ideaofatreetop2.jpg)
Next up, a solar-powered machine for making furniture takes fourth place.
![Rotational Moulding DIY Machine by Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison Rotational Moulding DIY Machine by Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2009/08/rotational-moulding-diy-machine-by-andrew-duffy-craig-tyler-and-edward-harrison-6.jpg)
In fifth position is a machine powered by a cordless drill to make plastic objects.
![Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY Melvin the Machine by HEYHEYHEY](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/10/dezeen_melvin-the-machine-by-heyheyhey.jpg)
This week's story about an alarm-triggered contraption called Melvin is our sixth most popular machine.
![L’Artisan Électronique by Unfold and Tim Knapen L’Artisan Électronique by Unfold and Tim Knapen](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/04/dzn_Artisan-Electronique-by-Unfold-and-Tim-Knapen-4.jpg)
At number seven is an upgrade to the potters wheel that makes clay pots in response to hand movements.
![Till You Stop by Mischer’Traxler Till You Stop by Mischer’Traxler](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2010/10/dzn_Till-You-Stop-by-MischerTraxler-1.jpg)
The machine in eighth place is this cake-decorating device, which pipes out icing in a hypotrochoid pattern like a Spirograph toy.
![Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser Sun Cutter by Markus Kayser](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2011/07/dezeen_Sun-Cutter-by-Markus-Kayser_01.jpg)
Markus Kayser's second sunlight-harvesting machine in the top ten is a low-tech, low-energy version of a laser cutter, which takes ninth position.
![Applause Machine by Martin Smith Applause Machine by Martin Smith](http://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2008/11/applause-machine-by-martin-smith-9.jpg)
A device that produces applause at the touch of a button takes the final spot in our top ten.
See you next month for another top ten!
See all of Dezeen’s top ten stories here.