Extremely impressed by this installation, just gawk:
Lunar Trails from Seb Lee-Delisle on Vimeo.
Organised by the inimitable Seb Lee-Delisle for the Dublin Science Gallery, this is a high quality polargraph-style machine that plots the paths, in real time, of the lunar landers as controlled on the nearby full-size arcade cabinet!
This is a cracking piece of work, a beautiful, exciting collision of engineering and programming – thanks to Seb for showing us what can be done with some string and pens! I would really love to see some more stuff about the wonderful mechanical solutions that his mechanical engineer Paul Strotten came up with to realise this installation.
Amazing!
I hope to incorporate something similar into a project I’m developing.
Have you seen this? http://www.engadget.com/2012/11/20/keepon-co-creator-marek-michalowski-shows-off-his-arduino-powere/
Interesting idea, using the power cables as suspension. Reminds me of Ingo Maurer’s seminal lighting fixture, Ya Ya Ho: http://www.milfiera.com/interiors/80th/invisiblebeing_light/
The power cables for Ya Ya Ho didn’t move; I wonder if the power cables of Marek’s drawbot will break due to the constant un/furling… Can it be prevented?
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Yes it makes a lot of sense to have it all in one little box rather than having wiring and motors plonked everywhere. Matt Venn (http://www.mattvenn.net/) has a drawing machine that has motors in the usual places, but uses the two steel lines to transmit power and signal for the pen lift. Somewhat of a hybrid I guess.