I keep it updated – scroll to the bottom! 2018 May 19 – June 18: Orange, CT June 18 – 20: Rhode Island June 20 – 23: Orange June 24 – 26: Dublin June 26 – 27: Belfast June 27 – 29: Glasgow June 29 – July 2: London July 2 – July 4: Paris […] Read more
I did a European backpacking trip for 10 weeks and wanted to share what I brought with me (edit: I’ve since updated it with new opinions for what I ideally would have brought with me having the experiences I have now). The Main Stuff Tortuga Setout Travel Backpack ($199) Pretty much the greatest travel backpack I’ve seen. There […] Read more
This is rough documentation from when I was recovering a FreeNAS server. I could not access the ZFS filesystem, as per most instructions, because some of the sectors were bad and it wouldn’t load. Extracting the config file Used DDRescue-GUI to dump an image of the drive Wrote a very quick and dirty script to […] Read more
The problem We needed a way to convert an analog flow meter into a digital one ($60 vs $1800) The solution Use a webcam with image processing to track the meter and record the results digitally. Result Sufficiently accurate and precise results for our purposes. Additional links Github Read more
I needed LabVIEW for a school project and, naturally, needed a way to get it to work in Linux! It took some hassling my school’s IT department but eventually they managed to get an iso image from NI called lv2013SP1pro-linux.iso. How you procure either an iso or a physical cd will be up to you. Godspeed. […] Read more
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Background Traveled to Ukraine for 4 weeks to study the language at a university, get exposed to the culture, and meet family for the first time. All-in-all I had a great time, improved my command of the language, met plenty of lifelong friends, and can’t wait to go back! Lviv Most of my time was […] Read more
Competition Build a robot which accepts a flat sheet of paper, modifies it, and launches it. The robot whose projectiles go the farthest wins. Result Significant mechanical issues. Finished middle of the pack in the competition. The video above is edited to show off intended operation. My Responsibilities Lead electronics team in engineering and programming with […] Read more
Project Engineer something. Our team built a Smart Mirror. Features Text shows up but mirror is still usable Time Weather Google Play Music Spotify Google Calendar Gmail Multiple Users Pin authentication Technology Raspberry Pi connected via HDMI to a monitor behind a two-way mirror. The main program running on it was written in Python using […] Read more
Project Come up with a cheap way to communicate with the 1984 Keithley 617 Programmable Electrometer over USB. Result Stable serial communication using Arduino UNO. Gallery Additional Links Github Article I needed a way to get data from a Keithley 617 Programmable Electrometer to a computer. The instruction manual for it is copyright 1984, so […] Read more
