Projects

Full-stack HMI engineering across consulting, research, and personal projects.

Active Projects

Current Work

Parallel projects across industry, academia, and open-source

20 Years of Building

Research

2019 - Present

Building open HMI platforms

Prosthetics, haptics, e-skin, and biosignal acquisition systems.

Growth

2015 - 2019

Learning the craft

Engineering studies, CNC machines, first EMG experiments, robotics.

Origins

2004 - 2015

Taking things apart

Early experiments, learning what breaks and why.

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Marble Catcher

Where It All Began

2004

My very first engineering project - a telescoping marble retrieval tool born from playground necessity.

mechanicalproblem-solvingfirst-project
DjBot

DjBot

First Steps in Electronics

2004

My first electronic project - a robot DJ assembled from McDonald's toys and scrap parts.

electronicsaudiocreative
DragonBall Sensor

DragonBall Sensor

Cosplay Engineering

2005

A wearable power level scouter inspired by Dragon Ball Z, built from hacked McDonald's toys.

electronicscosplayaudio
Assassin's Blade

Assassin's Blade

Learning from Failure

2006

A retractable hidden blade inspired by Assassin's Creed - and an important lesson about metallurgy.

mechanicalcosplaymetalwork
Color Sorter

Color Sorter

First Real Robot

2008

A robot that sorts objects by color using a DIY RGB sensor - my first collaborative robotics project.

roboticssensorscollaboration
Robot Eyelid

Robot Eyelid

Biomimicry Begins

2008

A mechanical recreation of the human eyelid - my first attempt at biomimetic design.

biomimicrymechanismsanatomy
Shock Gun

Shock Gun

High Voltage Experiments

2010

A modified airsoft gun with camera flash electronics - exploring high voltage at 14.

electronicshigh-voltageexperimental
Patator

Patator

Combustion Chamber Cannon

2012

A homemade combustion cannon - and a close call that taught me about safety.

experimentalpneumaticscombustion
ArmStrong

ArmStrong

First Teleoperated Robot

2013

My first teleoperated arm robot - a wearable exoskeleton that controls a robotic arm in real-time.

roboticsteleoperationexoskeleton
LegStrong

LegStrong

Walking Into Robotics

2015

A bipedal robot controlled by a leg exoskeleton - bringing the ArmStrong concept to locomotion.

roboticsbipedalteleoperation

34 projects spanning 20 years of engineering