‘Tis the season for writing reference letters. I get lot of requests for these for reasons that range from graduate school applications to resident assistant and job related inquiries. For the most part, I am happy to write them. If
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Mobile Solar Charging Station
My good friend and industrial designer extraordinaire, Elliott Montgomery, came up with a design for a mobile solar charging unit for Solar One in the summer of 2009. He asked me to help turn the concept into a reality, and
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Whitney Museum: Storm Your Brain
Aki Sasamoto, a Whitney Biennial artist and co-director of Culture Push, ran two events at which I got to show people how to make and race mousetrap powered cars. The first was a DOING workshop where I taught a small
Continue readingRobotic Arm class at 3rd Ward
My awesome friend Stefani Bardin, who was the new Director of Education at 3rd Ward, invited me to teach a new class there and this is what we came up with: Here are some steps we’ll be taking in class
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I was invited by the awesome Jeremy Blum to give a short talk to high school students in the BlueStamp Engineering Program being held at Ramaz Upper School in NYC. The goal of the guest speakers is to spend 20
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Last week I was invited to give a guest lecture to a room full of 11-13 year olds participating in the Science of Smart Cities program this summer at NYU-Poly. They spent the week learning about energy, so I spent
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Thanks to Jaymes Dec for inviting me to talk at the Marymount School! Here are my notes: Who I am and what I do… Dustyn Robots Honeybee Robotics Making Things Move SADbot Robotic hand Robotic arm And here are some
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Happy Ada Lovelace Day!
In the spirit of Ada Lovelace day (check out the hourly posts at Adafruit Industries), I wanted to take a minute to thank a woman who has influenced my life and career: Dr. Yoky Matsuoka. I first met Yoky as
Continue readingSupport SADbot on Kickstarter and come to ITP Camp for grown ups!
Ben and I just launched our Kickstarter project yesterday to raise money for installing SADbot in Eyebeam’s window gallery. We already have four backers in less than 24 hours! Come join the fun at Kickstarter and then come by Eyebeam
Continue readingGuest crit at SVA’s first physical computing class
I spent the afternoon at the School of Visual Arts sitting in on final project presentations for the Introduction to Physical Computing class. It’s the very first year of the Interaction Design MFA program, and my friend and former student
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