Dendrotech and handmade computers II

Posted on September 5, 02008
Filed Under Inspiration, Journal

This project is full of challenges. Not so much the programming. I've been working with Flash for close on 10 years - it's all the other stuff. The required knowledge is spread across a wide range of disciplines. This is also one of the big attractions.

At the moment I'm an "armchair polymath". I know just enough to get me going in each of the required subjects. Every now and then though I come across something that makes the task I've set myself seem trivial. My chosen medium is the web which means I have AS3, a modern object oriented programming language and the Flash Player, a graphically rich, web native delivery system to help me. I just can imagine where I'd start if I had to build this thing out of wood!

Wooden Celestial Mechanical Calendar and Orrery from Clinton Boyer Clock Designs

Wooden "Flying pendulum" escapement