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Objects
30 interface objects with real physics. Each is a class you construct on an element, configure with options, update and destroy.
- Pin ScreenThe pin-art toy, as a surface.
- Detent DialA rotary control you count by feel.
- Flip-DotThe flip-disc sign from buses and stations.
- FerrofluidFerrofluid in a dish.
- IrisA lens’s iris diaphragm, as a reveal.
- OdometerA mechanical drum counter.
- VesselA glass of liquid as a gauge.
- FilingsIron filings on paper, magnets underneath.
- Pull-cord BulbA pendant lamp that is a switch.
- CompassA liquid-damped compass.
- Phosphor ScopeA cathode-ray tube behind smoked glass.
- CassetteA clear cassette as a progress bar.
- SpectroscopeA prism splits a lamp's light into its colours, and every colour is traced through the glass, so turning the table slides the spectrum along the scale.
- Reeded GlassA pane of fluted glass on rails.
- Ring-bound NotebookA flip book of cards on two rings, seen from above.
- Search DialThe heavy dial of an edit console.
- Chladni PlateA black plate on a shaker, strewn with sand, with a frequency knob.
- Receipt PrinterA small thermal receipt printer that prints any text, line by line.
- AnnunciatorAn alarm panel: a grid of engraved windows, dark until a fault trips.
- GlobeA desk globe on a meridian.
- MapA lit dot-matrix world map, made as a panel: a machined bezel round smoked glass, and behind it a grid of lamps.
- Cloth FaderTall volume faders that are capsules of stretched cloth, lit from behind.
- Cloth BeaconA status light made of cloth: a capsule of stretched fabric in a machined plate with a lamp behind it.
- SimonThe four-lamp memory game as a handheld made of kit parts.
- Reaction TimerA one-lamp reaction timer as a handheld made of kit parts.
- Stack TowerThe stacking game as a handheld made of kit parts.
- SnakeThe dot-matrix classic as a handheld made of kit parts.
- DashA three-lane runner as a handheld made of kit parts, on a printed segment LCD.
- QuarryFalling blocks on the library's Flip-Dot board, as a handheld made of kit parts.
- SpallA brick game on the kit's vacuum fluorescent display, as a handheld made of kit parts.