After completing his BA in ‘Interactive Arts’ at Manchester Metropolitan University, Austin Houldsworth went on to study ‘Design Interactions; at the Royal College of Art, London.
Through his work, Austin strives to create solutions to the problems that are often neglected by industry. His work often involves chemical reactions, which have been a recurring part of his process.
2032 heralded a new era for our currency, as more than half of the world’s countries converted to electronic money systems. Although the new systems were cheap and efficient, problems began to occur… people outside the systems began to suffer. Attempts were made to include the minorities, but unfortunately this led to the system being hacked. Hyper-inflation swept the globe and money needed to be made tangible once again, heralding a new era of Electric Money.
One of Alex's current generating devices. The device is based on a simplified sterling engine; by placing a hand over one of the tin cans, the air inside expands due to the rise in temperature. The expanding air pushes a magnet suspended in ferrofluid through the straw, which in turn creates a small current in the wire.