{"id":403245,"date":"2026-07-18T06:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403245\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:22:21","slug":"photos-tech-topple-features-40000-dominoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403245\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Tech Topple features 40,000 dominoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Tech Interactive\u2019s 11th annual Tech Topple is back with \u201cThe Great Adventure,\u201d featuring 40,000 dominoes built by a team of professionals, led by San Jose\u2019s Alex Huang. YouTube fans and \u201cDomino Masters\u201d know him as Flash Domino. \u201cThe Big Topple\u201d will occur Saturday afternoon in the New Venture Hall, promptly at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>More info can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetech.org\/explore\/upcoming-events\/tech-topple\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The team lead Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"4798\" height=\"428\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-5.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984301\" \/>The team led by Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Dominoes are lined up for The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"4800\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-10.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984432\" \/>Dominoes are lined up for The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Zane Chattra, of Washington, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"956\" height=\"637\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-12.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984426\" \/>Zane Chattra, of Washington, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, right, claps after Zane Chattra, of Washington, center, demonstrates a section he was working on for The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-4.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984436\" \/>Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, right, claps after Zane Chattra, of Washington, center, demonstrates a section he was working on for  The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Lyle Broughton, of Connecticut, left, and Joel Yantha, of Vancouver, work together on part of The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"976\" height=\"651\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-3.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984438\" \/>Lyle Broughton, of Connecticut, left, and Joel Yantha, of Vancouver, work together on part of  The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Brady Dolan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"941\" height=\"628\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-2.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984307\" \/>Brady Dolan, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Visitors look at The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure being built at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"974\" height=\"650\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-6.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984430\" \/>Visitors look at The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure being built at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Zane Chattra, of Washington, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"978\" height=\"652\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-11.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984427\" \/>Zane Chattra, of Washington, works on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, left, and Zane Chattra, of Washington, exchange a ball while working on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026. (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"922\" height=\"615\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SJM-L-TECHTOPPLE-0718-9.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12984434\" \/>Alex Huang, a transport engineer from San Jose, left, and Zane Chattra, of Washington, exchange a ball while working on The Tech Topple: The Great Adventure at The Tech Interactive in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, July 16, 2026.  (Shae Hammond\/Bay Area News Group)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Tech Interactive\u2019s 11th annual Tech Topple is back with \u201cThe Great Adventure,\u201d featuring 40,000 dominoes built by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[161740,3865,88,90,89,161739,31678,95087],"class_list":["post-403245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-dominoes","tag-photos","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-tech-topple","tag-the-mercury-news","tag-the-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}