Most of Wallace's inventions look not unlike the designs
of Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson, and Nick Park has
said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around
the principle of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Some of Wallace's contraptions actually are based on a
real-life invention. For example, Wallace's method of
getting up in the morning incorporates a bed that tips
over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited
at the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Theophilus Carter.
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