Wormhole Actualization Machine [WAM]

Visualizing a spacetime continuum with 120 LEDs and NASA Mission Control-inspired hardware. Upgraded in 2020 and installed at Meow Wolf's Las Vegas exhibition.

2014
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INGREDIENTS

  • Arduino/C++
  • Circuit design
  • Fabrication

LINKS

YouTube: The one of a kind Wormhole Actualization Machine

AWARDS

2018  Austin Maker Faire: Maker of Distinction
2017  Austin Maker Faire: Maker of Distinction
2016  Austin Maker Faire: Staff Pick

PRESS
2017  Make: Zine, The Good People of Maker Faire Austin 2017, May 18, 2017
"Alan Watts is a software developer that likes to get 3D with detailed, high-finish homemade arcade games. They are gorgeous!"

2014  Boing Boing, The Wormhole Actualization Machine
What's it like to get sucked into a black hole and travel at hypersonic speeds through a wormhole? Alan Watts built this Arduino-based psychedelic spacetime visualizer to find out.

APPEARANCES

2018  Austin Maker Faire
2017  EFF-Austin Presents Cyberpunk 2017
2017  Austin Maker Faire
2016  East Austin Studio Tour #205: The Vessel
2016  Austin Maker Faire
2016  Juego Rancheros pop-up arcade during EAST Austin Studio Tour
2016  SXCreate
2015  Switched On 5th Anniversary Party
2015  Austin Interactive Meetup
2015  Austin Mini Maker Faire
2015  SxCreate
2014  Fantastic Arcade
2014  BUTTONS at Northern-Southern
2014  Cyberpunk2014 presented by EFF Austin

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