Asobi, An Art Student Creates a Lightbulb Version of Newton’s Cradle

Japanese art student at Musashino Art University, Yasutoki Kariya, created the installation Asobi, a wonderful lightbulb version of Newton’s Cradle, the physics toy also known as the “Executive Ball Clicker.” Eleven computer programmed lights are used in this visualization of kinetic energy and it has been coined ‘Edison’s Cradle’. Notice that the glass bulbs do not actually touch, preventing them from breaking. Asobi is currently a nominee for the Mitsubishi Chemical Junior Designer Award 2012.

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The Experiments in Motion blog created this wonderful animated gif of Asobi in action.

via Spoon and Tamago and Experiments in Motion