Recreating Google’s bouncing balls logo in HTML5 canvas

[Update 11/Sep] I'm loving Ian Devlin's adaptation of my and Mark Brenig-Jones' code. Are Google's Bouncing Balls HTML5?

[Update 9/Sep] Mark Brenig-Jones has adapted my code to create a little app that lets you visualise your own words with the Google balls effect.

[Update 8/Sep] I've added touch-based input so iOS users can enjoy the Google goodness.

Today Google released a new version of their homepage with the logo constructed of little balls that move around with your mouse. Pretty impressive, but for some reason they decided against using HTML5 canvas. I couldn't have this, so I spent the morning coding and recreated the logo using HTML5 canvas.

There are a few bits and pieces that could be improved upon, but overall I'm impressed with how it came out after just a couple hours coding time.

I've put all the source code for the experiment up on Github for you to play around with. Enjoy!