Portfolio
Here are some cool things I've worked on recently.
Aluminum Foundry
Ongoing experiments in high temperature metal working.
Originally started as a project to cast aluminum, the latest iteration aims to be a multi-purpose kiln. I started out using propane and moved to coal over time. A purely electric version is in the works.
Absolut Zero shotbot
A bot that serves shots. A new benchmark for cool. June 2014.
This was a blend of art and science for the Absolut Bottle Hack competition. I used concrete and steel for the frame in a attempt at brutalist architecture. I wanted to use a harsh building style to best reflect the nature of vodka.
The shotbot's main featrue is a thermo-electric cooling plate on the top surface. Once the user places their hand on the plate, a thermocouple detects there is a warm object and proceeeds to drop the temperature of the plate by 20 degrees. Feeling an object drop 20 degrees in 1.5s is quite a remarkable experience in itself but there is more to the shotbot than that. Feeling the sensation of cold is the same as heat leaving your body. Once the user has paid the price of body heat to the shotbot, it will serve a shot of vodka to warm the user back up!
Space Balloon
Sent an Android phone to the upper atmosphere and back. Before it was cool. October 2010.
