Building Atoms with Arduino and Processing

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Building Atoms with Arduino and Processing

BannerThis post is coming to you live fromย the Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faireย being held today at the London College of Communication.

The Atomic Arcadeโ€”an atom building game
The Atomic Arcadeโ€”an atom building game

The atomic arcade is an atom building game from Springtale funded as a science communications tool by the Institute of Physics. Whilst the game is still in early beta, it’s already made an appearance at the Dundee Science Festival.

I talked to Sonya Hallettโ€”one of the people behind the intriguing game of proton smashingโ€”about the game and why they brought it here to Maker Faire.

If you can’t make it here to the faire, youย can also play the Atomic Arcade online.

The Elephant & Castle Mini Maker Faire is being held at theย London College of Communication from 10am tillย 6pm. Entry is free to children (under 16) and students, tickets are ยฃ5 otherwise and available on the door.

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Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what wasโ€”at the timeโ€”the most distant object yet discovered.

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