Attacks from Mars 2016

Attacks from Mars is a giant, roaming pinball machine with an animated playfield.   It is a Burning Man “mutant vehicle” project, where we love nothing more than to create a compelling mobile experience for riders, so that the journey of traversing around the playa is as much fun as getting anywhere.  With the Attacks from Mars pinball machine, our riders are the ball in the game, and as they bounce around the play space, they are activating sound and lighting.  This project is a gadgeteers dream, with interactive, controllable LEDs, arduinos, switches, etcs. — all those wonderful mechanical aspects…

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Electric Sky 2016 Thanks and Links

Recreational Light and Magic has been organizing Electric Sky — an art and tech weekend campathon — for the past couple of years in partnership with Third Place Technologies, and with the support of the Town of Skykomish and 4Culture. The goal of Electric Sky is to foster the community of people collaborating at the intersection of art and technology in the Pacific Northwest.  This year we sought to further this goal by coordinating our efforts around a group installation, the Luminous Garden. It was a truly fabulous event, and went even better than last year!  We cannot thank everyone…

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