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Maker Faire Austin 2007
The ChakraTron
An interactive illuminated kinetic sculpture made from microcontrollers, LEDs, and recycled materials accompanied by demos of programming microcontrollers, shaping plastics, and repurposing sewing machine parts -- all with a live webcam "karma relay" link too.
Web site: http://www.1sky.com/bc
Topic(s): Arts | Engineering
Tags: recycled, microcontroller, sewing machine, led, touch sensor, plastic forming, plastic casting
About the Maker(s)
Scott Gasparian Scott Gasparian is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist, inventor and teacher. His creations combine the latest in microcontroller technology and discarded and recycled objects to explore themes of interactivity and synesthesia. By repurposing old sewing machines, printers, broken glass, radios and such, he does his part to reduce the global landfill demand.
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