We where asked to make a drawing machine for our Drawing Machines class tought by David Nolen. This is my creation, a hacked hexbug from radioshack that marked the path that the little machine traveled. Video:

To make sure that I am on the right track before spending a ton of money on flexible solar cells. I am making a prototype of one out of the many branches that will make up the tree itself. The current branch that I am making is made up of 5.5V, 22mA flexible solar cells. […]

Solar power is a form of energy that is not being harnessed to its full potential. Our energy consumption today is aided by only 0.04% solar photovoltaic(PV) energy. Our total energy consumption is around 15 terawatts a year and the available energy we can harness from the sun is around 89,000 terawatts. In the US […]

Here is some more cup art: Piece drawn btw. Feb. 6 and 7, 2008 Piece drawn on Feb. 6, 2008: This is a cup from Feb. 1, 2008:

These are two pieces done in processing that produce a gestural image. I will be showing these in the Drawing Machines class:

I decided to take a step in the direction of conservation, in the coffee cup area. I noticed that I drink a lot of coffee and every time a buy a cup, I’m contributing to the amount of waste being discarded. No only that but someone somewhere is cutting down a tree to make more […]

The Pet Car is a finite state machine that allows a pet, such as a gerbil, mice, chinchilla, etc. be contained in a space and roam around the floor at the same time. The transportation unit is designed to have three states. The neutral state, where there is no motion. Mobile state 1 is when […]