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==Hacks== Because the heavy pedestrian traffic in the Infinite Corridor guarantees a large audience, it is a setting for some "[[Hacks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology|hacks]]" ([[practical joke]]s),<ref name="HackLobby7" /> especially those of a serial nature such as a series of "[[Burma Shave]]" style signs. The "Mass Toolpike" hack in 1985 involved placing traffic signals, lane markings, and highway-like signs along the length of the Infinite Corridor.<ref name=Toolpike>{{cite book|last=Peterson|first=Institute Historian T. F.|title=Nightwork: a history of hacks and pranks at MIT|year=2011|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Mass.|isbn=978-0-262-51584-9|pages=47β49|edition=updated }}</ref> An [[April Fools' Day]] post from the Alumni Association blog ''Slice of MIT'' suggested that the corridor floor would be replaced with a self-powering [[moving walkway]] made of [[piezoelectric]] tiles.<ref name=ZeroFootprints>{{cite web |title=Leaving 'Zero Footprints' in the Infinite Corridor|url=https://alum.mit.edu/pages/sliceofmit/2014/04/01/leaving-zero-footprints-in-the-infinite-corridor/ |access-date=2014-05-15|work=Slice of MIT|date=April 1, 2014}}</ref>
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