Pachinko, Clocks and Bots - Art, Electronics and Restoration

Maker Faire Bay Area 2023

October 13th-22nd

Maker Kinetic Art

We're a couple of people who enjoy building and creating interesting things. We have some original design clocks made from 3d printed parts, LEDs, cool neon and other accents. Also a restored early 1970s Japanese pachinko machine, which has all mechanical ball handling mechanism but has been augmented with an Arduino and programmed LEDs. People can try out pachinko and we can explain the history and popularity in Japan. We have "Copperbot" which is a remote-controlled kinetic art, a sculpture built on a wheelchair base from soldered copper wire structures, large decorative vacuum tubes, over 200 programmed LEDs, several Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, screen, cameras and flapping wings. A few other sculptures and creations fill out the collection.

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Yolo Maker Guys

Years back, Doug and Dave were in the Yolo Young Makers club building things with our kids, attending and showing off at the SF Maker Faire. Years later, we're still creating and have some fun things to show off. We work with many materials

Categories: Kinetic Art, 3D Printing, Art & Design, Raspberry Pi, Robotics

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