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Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Pinbowl Chaos Generator
| Location: Robo Games |
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
Topic(s): Arts | Engineering | Science
Tags: pinball+science kinetic+art chaos pinball interactive
About the Maker(s)
Michael Schiess [
NBAM / Lucky Ju Ju
NBAM is a non-profit museum for preserving/displaying relics of Alameda, Neptune Beach--it's art, science, and history of vintage pinball.
Michael Schiess is a multimedia artist with degrees in electronics and film with several years experience as an electromechanical fabricator for the Exploratorium. He has produced several films, videos and CDs of electronic music in his studio. He is currently a freelance museum technician for the Exploratorium, Ned Kahn Studios, and Chabot Space and Science Center. He is presently pursuing his dream of creating re-themed pinball machines and creating some of his own interactive kinetic art machines.
From his personal collection of over 200 machines, he operates the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball/Art Gallery in Alameda, and is founding the Neptune Beach Amusement Museum at Alameda Point.
www.ujuju.com
