Maker Faire 2015
I’ve been home for almost two weeks now from our Bay Area pilgrimage and life has pretty much reset. I rewarded myself by binge playing Starbound all…
Pinhole Day
I would like you to meet “crappy box” : Without ritual, life lacks meaning. Whether it be a drink every evening at 5 to celebrate the day…
Light Play : Half Way There
I’m tired. I will forever look at big art installations and wonder with silent reverence if there were two people at some point sitting on their…
noodleFeet : Looks Like a Noodle
HEAD : I can’t find a damn semi-transparent mixing bowl to appropriate as Noodle’s noggin. So, I went with a plastic bowl I bought a while…
Light Play : Brains Nerves and Butts
This past weekend Mark and I got a bunch more work done for the installation. We finished glueing and painting all the shiny black honeycomb pallets, so…
Light Play : Spawning for Maker Faire
Maker Faire in San Mateo is imminent! Last year my partner Mark and I showed an installation of 30 delta robots which mimicked the physical…
noodleFeet : All Wired and Ready
When your baby is learning to walk, you make sure its near soft things and away from stairs so that when the inevitable fall occurs, they…
noodleFeet : Goes Metal
I’ve relied on 3D printing for so many of my prototypes lately, and have finally come to a point where plastic won’t cut it any longer. I…
noodleFeet : Proof of Concept
Last week I started building a new robot who I’m calling noodleFeet! He is essentially a spider-type walker who will locate nearby legs, approach and then…
mechaFeet : Prototyping with Algodoo
I had to wait this week for the sensors I ordered to come in the mail before I continued progress on Jelly. With Jelly on…