Other Projects

The hinge is designed to slot-in and have a mechanical limit at 90° from vertical, assisted with rubber band elastics tied to the top of the CubeSat to dampen the solar panel deployment.

I built a container with a fill tube connected to my aquarium pump and a bell siphon to periodically oscillate the water level. This creates a close-loop system between the plants and the fish tank, establishing symbiosis.

Here are the results of some bean plants after about 10 days of growing with water from the aquarium being constantly cycled within the closed-loop. The beans were planted in grow-stone medium (porous crushed-glass stones). 

I used 5 "flex sensors" that I soldered to an ethernet cable to measure the movement of the glove's fingers. I sowed the sensors on to each of the fingers. I am using an Arduino Mega receive the sensor data and I programmed it to map the data to the servo positions of the 5 servos. 

This is an early 3d-printed version of the prosthetic hand, which uses inlaid strips of a rubber sheet as rebounding hinges that provide a restoring torque to each finger ligament when the nylon string tendons are not in tension.

I was experimenting with a simple AI implementation for computer vision obstacle avoidance and simple object recognition on a Jetson Nano board.

After experimenting with the Jetbot project, I designed a hexapod with 9g servos, and I am planning to use computer vision to let it autonomously navigate its surroundings.

I 3D modeled and printed some parts to use this bucket and plastic jar as a vortex fountain. I then hot-glued some brass fittings at the bottom of the plastic jar to pump a stream of water, creating a vortex.

Here is a video of the vortex fountain in action. It's still a work in progress. I obviously miscalculated the blue bucket's volume, so I kept it inside the kitchen sink. I'm hoping that this will become a garden feature soon.