Anglebrackets Conference

Greetings!

After having so much fun at the Dev Intersection hosted conference (AngleBrackets); I figured that I would absolutely dedicate more time to the blog!

That being said; I've been working on the electric turbo and will upload pictures of the progress so far. I've also added a couple of projects to my list of ideas which will also force me in to posting more about them.

Stay tuned! I'll have pictures and a video of the electric turbo soon! I will also talk a little bit more about the new projects as well as add more videos for the Telecommuting robot.

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Greetings!

Hello!

It's been a while since my last post but I figured I'd give some sign I'm still alive! So I've been working on a couple of projects lately and figured I'd let you know what I've been working on. But first! I'd like to say that I acknowledge this was supposed to be a coding blog but turned in to a project blog. Because of this, I am going to be creating a page within this blog full of code samples and will try to come up with some code related topics.

That being said, The project that I'm working on is an electric turbo! I'm grabbing a standard turbocharger from a car, and replacing the exhaust housing with an electric motor with gears to hopefully spin the compressor wheel at 200,000 RPM.

I'll add this project to the list and will post pictures as I go through the project.

On a side note, I purchased a 3D printer and have been slightly distracted as I am modeling and printing my own parts. I'll have updates soon!

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I've been away for a while

Sorry I've been away for a while guys! I've been trying to juggle school work as well as preparing for the big wedding day!

I do have an update for those interested which is the restart of projectini! I've put together a design and uploaded a prototype of the site here. Now you may be asking a couple of questions in regards to why I chose this design.

Personally, I felt keeping it simple and likable are two unique UX approaches. Starting from the top up, You can see I chose my logo to be a simplistic martini glass with an olive. The reason I like this logo is because it's simple and it says to me "Keep it Classy!" which will be my overall motto with this site. I chose the menu to be on the top right as basic archetypes suggests menus are often located on the top of the content and decided to go against the grain with a large (fluid) background image.

Why did I go with a large background image? The answer is simple: The Audience. My website is targeted at developers and designers who have a decent internet connection. This is because the scrum tools I'm advertising are "Internet Heavy" and would be of no benefit to someone logging in with a DSL connection. I've even contemplated timing out the page if their speed isn't up to par but decided against it due to visibility implications. I'm still working on the tables that hold the wording and the contents as I feel they are just a tad mellow. I may just have large divs move up and down from the bottom instead of trying to integrate text with that noisy background image.

Oh well, I feel like this is definitely moving somewhere for the better!

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Alternate Reality

Recently, I posted my thoughts on alternate reality. It turns out that there is a company currently working to make this come alive! While they are very reserved on their technology, You can assume their end result by watching the video on their home page. You can find them here: http://www.magicleap.com/

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Projetini - Project End

So after giving it some thought, I decided not to pursue the projectini project as I was moved to a new position in my current company and won't be able to manage this project and the other. As of now, I'm setting the status of this project to suspended in hopes that I can reopen it or someone would be willing to develop my idea. Priorities are a definite staple in my life, and considering my new up and coming life events; It's a better choice to put this on the back burner and revisit the idea when I have more time in my hands.

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As Promised

As promised here are some pictures and a video of the robot I've created. The robot works either through the WAN (Internet) or LAN (Home or Office Network). The logic is mostly done in an Arduino board with Ardumoto shield enclosed within the black box. I'm using a 12v 5ah battery with attached charger of which is attached to an extension plug that also has the tablet plugged in. I'd love to hear some thoughts and ideas on how I can improve him!

As far as cosmetics go; I'll be giving some companies a call on how much the would charge for a 2 part hollow plastic enclosure. I'm hoping it wont be as expensive so the end product does not break the bank.

You can also attach a Verizon MiFi card and control him outside as long as there is enough signal and low latency.

Here is the Video:

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Inexpensive Telecommuting robot

Recently I've been involved on a side project funded by my current employer to build an inexpensive telecommuting robot. I am proud to say that I have successfully completed this task and believe that I could sell it at a $500 price point. This is a full, tall robot that can be accessed via any machine as long as they are within a network. I will post more on this tomorrow with pictures and video.

Good night!

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