Comments on: Polargraph at the Edinburgh Science Festival

By: Polargraph at the Edinburgh Science Festival 2015 | Polargraph

Polargraph at the Edinburgh Science Festival 2015 | Polargraph — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 19:07:11 +0000

[…] was a bit nervous about having the machine presented in such a uncontrolled environment (it was in the National Museum last year), but it’s been remarkably low-maintenance during it’s first […]

By: sandy

sandy — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 22:15:10 +0000

I haven’t, but the science communicators (staff on hand) are really great, and getting good at working the exhibit, so I really should go and get some clips. It doesn’t have an awful lot of immediacy as an interactive thing – a bit of hurry-up-and-wait, which is a bit of a shame, but it is interesting while it draws.

By: kongorilla

kongorilla — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 22:16:01 +0000

Have you taken video of people interacting with the installation?

By: sandy

sandy — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:09:08 +0000

Ha no the drinks are what you need to put in to make it run. The blood is in the insulated cup and the sweat and tears are in the bottle.

Image acquisition takes a second, conversion to vectors takes a minute or two and a drawing takes about 10 minutes, but it gets through plenty because there’s two of em running at a time.

By: kongorilla

kongorilla — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:28:14 +0000

That looks really cool! How long between snapping a pic to a finished face drawing?

I see it dispenses hot and cold beverages, too. Amazing! 😉