Topic(s): Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags: pinball+science kinetic+art chaos pinball interactive
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A large polycarbonate dish 3 feet in diameter contains 4 bumpers, 3 Neon/Argon rings, and 1 to 3 pinballs. When activated, the bumpers begin energizing, sending balls careening and colliding with each other and triggering the gas tubes and creating a cacophony of light and sound. They eventually lose momentum, roll back down to the bottom, only to be sent on their way once again by the bumpers. This gives a glimpse of the chaos theory and Brownian motion, besides being a spectacle that is hard to take your eyes off.
Web site: http://neptunebeachamusementmuseum.org/ppexpo/physicsOfPinball.html
Michael Schiess
Pacific Pinball Museum's mission is to inspire an interest in science, art and history through pinball and to preserve and promote this important part of American culture. Michael Schiess is a multimedia artist with degrees in electronics and film, and a collection of over 700 pinball machines he runs the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda. He is currently a freelance museum technician for the Exploratorium and Chabot Space and Science Center and Executive Director of the PPM.
http://www.pacificpinball.org