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WALKING AROUND AT PURDUE, YOU NEVER KNOW
WHO YOU MIGHT RUN INTO,
FROM MAYBE THE NEXT NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER TO -- WHO KNOWS?
-- THE FIRST PERSON ON MARS.
HOLD ON. LET'S CHECK THESE GUYS OUT.
PURDUE PHYSICS -- UH, YOU GUYS MIND IF I HAVE A SEAT?
NO, GO AHEAD.
ALL RIGHT.
SO, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING OUT HERE?
TAKING OUR COUCH OUT.
TAKING YOUR COUCH OUT.
AND WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS COUCH?
WELL, WE DROPPED A MOTOR IN IT.
SWEET. LIKE THAT AH-AH, I LIKE THAT AH-AH,
I LIKE THAT WELL, THANKS, MATT.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
FIRST OF ALL, WHERE DID THE COUCH COME FROM?
WELL, I'M PART OF THE SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS,
AND WE HAVE A LOUNGE IN THE PHYSICS BUILDING.
WE HAD A COUCH THAT WAS GETTING PRETTY BEAT-UP.
SOME PEOPLE WERE GONNA THROW IT OUT, BUT WE DECIDED
TO PUT AN ENGINE IN IT.
AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE COUCH?
THE PURPOSE OF THE COUCH IS TO, "A," BRING ATTENTION
TO THE SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS, AND, "B,"
SHOW THAT PHYSICISTS AREN'T ALL EQUATIONS.
AND WHAT OTHER FEATURES DOES THE COUCH HAVE?
WELL, WE HAVE A LAWN-MOWER ENGINE IN IT
THAT WE'VE CONNECTED TO AN OLD RIDING-MOWER TRANSMISSION.
WE HAVE A SOUND SYSTEM INCLUDED, SOME FANS, HEADLIGHTS,
A LOUD, ANNOYING HORN.
MOJO'S A PRETTY INTERESTING NAME FOR A COUCH.
WHAT'S THE HISTORY BEHIND THAT?
WELL, IN 2005, WHEN THE COUCH WAS PUT TOGETHER,
A LOT OF THE KIDS IN PHYSICS WERE PRETTY GEEKED ABOUT THE
"AUSTIN POWERS" SERIES AND DECIDED TO APPROPRIATE THE WORD
"MOJO" TO REPRESENT HOW THE COUCH IS KIND
OF OUR COOL FACTOR.
SO, WE GOT A LAWN-MOWER MOTOR, SOME TURF WHEELS,
AND A DUCT-TAPE COUCH.
ALL WE NEED IS SOME BLADES, AND WE'LL BE MOWING IN STYLE.
FOR "BOILER BYTES," I'M SAM KILLERMAN.
HIT IT, MATT.