Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Computerized Etch A Sketch

Location:   Expo Red   

Etch A Sketch toys are notorious for their difficult user interface. This project enables one to draw on an Etch A Sketch using a mouse, joystick, or GUI. Save drawings, edit them, replay them later. Render fractals autonomously. When finished, the whole machine flips over and shakes itself clear.

Web site: http://neil.fraser.name/hardware/etch/

Project photo.

Topic(s): Arts | Engineering

Tags: robotics art toy

About the Maker(s)

Neil Fraser Neil Fraser [
Neil is a software engineer at Google. He enjoys building unusual hardware and writes open source software.
http://neil.fraser.name/

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