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.
INGREDIENTS
- Arduino/C++
- Circuit design
- Fabrication
LINKS
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 SXCreate
2016 Juego Rancheros pop-up arcade during EAST Austin Studio Tour
2015 Austin Interactive Meetup
2015 Switched On 5th Anniversary Party
2015 SxCreate
2015 Austin Mini Maker Faire
2014 Fantastic Arcade
2014 BUTTONS at Northern-Southern
2014 Cyberpunk2014 presented by EFF Austin
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