In December 2010 I quit a job as Instrumentation Engineer at U of A's Biosphere 2--the day before I was to have started it! I sometimes have regretted...
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Experimental gardening, hydroponics, aquaponics
Progress: 5%
Computer vision marker tracking, plus mechanical fabrication, for physics experiment
Progress: 100%
With a friend, I conducted a torsion pendulum experiment. I built the apparatus and software.The software, TrackXY, uses a webcam and a computer visio...
Stencil for solder paste for printed circuit board
Progress: 100%
I used a Silhouette vinyl cutter to make a stencil to apply solder paste for printed circuit boards.[I don't recommend this approach, rather I suggest...
Digitally-controllable AC light dimmer assembled with solder paste reflow with toaster oven
Progress: 95%
This light dimmer, with 3D printable or CNC routable case design, makes it safe for you to control dim or switch AC powered devices with safe low-volt...
Seed sprouting experiment with Arduino, toward better grow lights
Progress: 50%
I am designing a botany experiment, in seed germination. I wanted to measure the effect of light intensity and wavelength on seed sprouting (germinati...
Smartphone mobile web control of colored lights for public art sculpture
Progress: 50%
My client asked me to design software & electronics for his public art sculpture commission for a public library in Goodyear, AZ. The client cance...
Building in 'paper adobe,' straw bale, and concrete
Progress: 10%
I helped to:1. Build two small domes of "paper adobe" (with newsprint as the fiber) in Cochise County. One received an occupancy permit and was used a...
Thought experiment: Regional, local, hyperlocal and/or just-in-time vaccine production
Progress: 1%
Warning & disclaimer: Please do imagine that you really are going to do this, but please do not actually try this, at least not unless you are a h...
Trailer from kit
Progress: 100%
I bought and assembled a folding 4x8' flatbed trailer (Harbor Freight item # 90154), to move to Tucson. The trailer cost about the same as a one-way t...
Ostensibly Edible Hackerspace
Progress: 5%
I used our Trotec Speedy 300 to engrave the Xerocraft logo on the door. It's just the front wall of a house so far but I thought I might put some peop...
Laser-cut stencil and EXIT sign
Progress: 100%
Making this stencil, to spray paint an EXIT sign on Xerocraft's rear door, was a task that motivated me to learn some Adobe Illustrator and practice u...
Explorations with an EEG device, on humans and plants
Progress: 5%
I assembled an EEG. First I bought a "modeeg" analog board and digital board from Olimex. These are based on the "ModularEEG" design from the open-sou...