Gualala Gadget
Maker Faire Bay Area 2019
MAKERS
Chris Warden
Chris has worked as a web developer, game developer and programmer for a variety of companies including Mindescape, Pearson, Wells Fargo and Packetter. He also develops and publishes iPhone apps.
Ross Mattheis
Ross is a PhD student in Economics at Harvard. He studies social mobility in the US using old census data.
Barry Solomon
Barry is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and geek who is easily mesmerized by mechanical repetitive motion machines, and finds them extremely calming as well.
Watch and listen as the marbles make their rounds. Gualala Gadget marble machines are intricate and beautiful mazes that evoke both wonder and serenity. A piece of cutting-edge 3D printer technology at an affordable price.
What inspired you to make this project?:
I wanted to create something that required 3D printing and couldn't practically be injection molded, was incredibly intricate to showcase what 3D printing can do, yet also included a kinetic aspect -- something that wasn't just an intricate piece of plastic sitting on a desktop. These gadgets are what resulted.
