Last Wednesday morning, as guests of Waterloo entrepreneur Randall Howard, Howard and myself had the opportunity to meet Max Dean, the creator of the Robotic Chair. Dean's Robotic Chair is on display at the Kitchener-Waterloo Children's Museum.
Performance art or sculpture, the Robotic Chair really defies categorization. At first glance, it appears to be an ordinary chair sitting in the middle of a room. Then, suddenly, it simply falls apart. All the pieces come crashing to the floor with a deafening clatter. A short while later, the seat wakes up and begins looking for the rest of the pieces of the chair in an attempt to reassemble itself.
It's fascinating and fun to watch. Enjoy the video.
Shot on the Nokia N81, and edited with Windows Movie Maker in Windows Vista.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
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