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MIT Reality Hack 2023 Blog: Creating Amadeus (Days 2-4.5)

MIT Reality Hack days 2, 3, and 4.5: the project hacking days. This dives deep into software engineering, project management, Csound and friends.

Solar Punk Futures: turn the parking lots into gardens/housing.

Solar Punk Futures: turn the parking lots into gardens/housing.

I would like to talk about an imaginative future. While apartment hunting and walking through downtown, it struck me how much space is used for parking.

MIT Reality Hack 2023 Blog Day 1

MIT Reality Hack 2023 Blog Day 1

Day 0 and 1 of my time at MIT Reality Hack. That was insane, the energy amazing, the creative drive unreal, the problems challenging, the learning academic. I have not felt that for a very long time.

Blender Renderof large led wall. This is what I wanted the initial idea to be, but external constraints prevented that.

The Making Of Bachelors Capstone Project

The creation of my Computer Science Bachelors capstone using NodeJS, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, openFrameworks, and Processing.

Eyeo end frame.

In Memorial of Eyeo and a Changed World View

In 2022 I went to Eyeo, after 3 years of waiting, it was a transformative experience from meeting people in the coding space to having my worldview changed by city that values biking. That was also my last Eyeo as Eyeo is no longer.

Close up of kick drum mechanism

Making of MIDI Kickdrum / Maker Faire Experience

I wanted a project that would combine a few interests of mine and make for a cool exhibit at Maker Faire Syracuse. This was filled with firsts. First time exhibiting at Maker Faire, first time making a MIDI Instrument, first time making an electromechanical instrument first real MaxMSP patch.

Nick Poole's (Sparkfun) Arduino based sequencer.

Initial Research: Electromechanical Sound

For my booth at Syracuse Maker Faire I'm building a robot (read "motorized" - robotic just sounds way better) kick drum and a step sequencer. This document is me sharing my initial research into these areas. I'm also going to try some new-to-me features of Ghost CMS in this post.

In action shot of the motor / kick pedal hitting a pizza pan

More power - strike that - more directed power

The stepper motor isn't fast enough and I don't have the power/money budget to push it there. My takeaway from this short journey into mechatronics is the human body is truly an amazing creation.

Rethinking my relationship with my phone

I’m addicted to my phone, it is a device that I use to distract from emotions. I thought when buying an iPhone it’d be this media creation powerhouse and it is, the camera is insane for the size, but what it turned into for me was a media consumption addiction machine.

The Making of Control My Lights

The Making of Control My Lights

The making of Control My Lights, an interactive light installation in my home controlled by Twitch, Youtube chat, and a website.

Exploring WebXR

Over the last few weeks I have been exploring the free and open source side of WebAR (part of the WebXR specification) in order to make a business case for it, and roll it into our strategy. Let’s explore what I’ve found and explain some concepts along the way.

Dinner at Bitternut. 5 people sit at a wooden table.

A Fascinating Dinner with Bitternut Homestead

The housing market in Syracuse is broken, like most places. Let's talk about the thing giving me hope. Bitternut Cooperative Homestead is a great initiative by Frank Cetera to build a better model of housing in Syracuse. One that breeds community, affordable housing, and bettering the environment.

StayFreshDesign Horse in a coffee shop

Exploring Polycam

Polycam is a 3D scanning application that utilizes Photogrammetry and LiDAR data from your iPhone (as of updating this there is an Android release too) to create a 3D model. This was my first introduction into scanning and Augmented Reality via model viewing.

Comparing yourself to others will be the death of your practice

Comparing yourself to someone else will destroy your current solo practice whether that be exercise, art, intellectual endeavor.