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e14 Blog Post: Open-Sourcing Your Next Project

Following is an excerpt from my latest blog post on the Do-It-Together Blog.  Visit element14 to read the whole thing! The electronics and software industries have changed drastically in the past two decades (well, duh).  But I’m not talking about new technical developments, I’m talking about the way we share information,[…]

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MSP430 Wireless Weather Station

Contrary to popular belief, Arduino is not the only microcontroller I use for projects.  I often program Atmega 8-bit CPUs in C for my research, I’ve played with PICs at various jobs, and I’ve also worked with Parallax Basic Stamp and Propeller chips.  This semester, I added the TI MSP430[…]

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e14 Blog Post: Engineering as a Collaborative Art Form

Time for another post on the element14 Do-It-Together Blog!  I’ll assume you’ve already read my inaugural post.  My latest post calls for continuing collaboration between artists and engineers.  This is a topic that I’ve been exploring a lot over the last 2 years.  I’ve started getting more interested in this since enrolling[…]

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My TV Debut: SudoGlove on the Discovery Channel!

This project was featured on the Amp Hour Podcast on 4/18/2011 <Video Removed because The Discovery Channel made a Copyright Claim> :( If you thought I could only use the SudoGlove to drive RC cars and make music (depending on your definition of music), then you’re wrong!  It appears that[…]

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I’m a Writer on the e14 Do-It-Together Blog!

Did you want more blog posts from me? Well you’re in luck, because I’m now a contributing writer for element14’s new “Do-It-Together” Blog! I’ll be posting on anything and everything relating to engineering, technology, and science. But I’m not the only writer! There’s a ton of great talent contributing to[…]

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What am I doing? CUSD!

CUSD = Cornell University Sustainable Design.  Ever wonder why I sometimes don’t respond to emails for a long time?  Or why I can’t release videos every week?  CUSD is the reason.  It’s my bread and butter at Cornell – far more important to me than any of the classes I’m[…]

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Tutorial 11 for Arduino: SD Cards and Datalogging

This is my first in a series of more advanced Arduino tutorials. Now that we’ve covered the basics in tutorials 1-10 (you have watched them all right!?), it’s time to start pursuing some more complex projects!  In this episode, we’ll utilize an SD card shield from cooking-hacks.com to create a[…]

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SudoSynth – Making “Music” with the SudoGlove

This project was featured on Hackaday.com on 3/26/2011 This project was featured on Synthtopia.com on 3/28/2011 I had to put “music” in quotation marks, since I’m using a pretty loose definition.  I do not consider myself to be a musical person, but I do love music and I’ve always been extremely interested[…]

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Processing-Based SudoGlove Visual Debugger

SudoGlove Visual Debugging Software As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently presented the SudoGlove Control System at Cornell’s BOOM Competition.  I was concerned (rightly so) that I wouldn’t be able to drive the RC car around much due to the large amount of foot traffic for the event.[…]

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