In this hilarious yet hard-hitting episode of Intrigued to Innovate, host Dr Jovan Tan uncorks the story of Eclat, a fully automated wine glass washer and polisher built by James Wang and Chong Jay-En, the duo behind Crystal Clear and winners of the Best Prototype Award at the 2024 EDIC Project Showcase.

What starts as a casual "why not?" project with friends quickly escalates to flooding labs, leaky pipes, disasters with applying silicones, and a dual-stream air nozzle that somehow manages to leave wine glasses spotless in minutes.

James and Jay-en reveal their journey from simple cardboard prototypes and overconfidence to building a working machine that cleans, dries, and polishes high-end crystal wine glasses, all of which finally work just two hours before their final presentation.

They discuss how friendship, side quests wi ...