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Inventing
I'VE FILED PLENTY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY REPORTS DURING MY CAREER, BUT I ENJOY INVENTING NEW THINGS AS A HOBBY, TOO!
HERE ARE SOME OF MY PROJECTS, IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
NO-ELECTRICITY CLAW MACHINE
MADE WITH CARDBOARD, TAPE, AND LOVE
THE FUNCTIONALITY COMES FROM SYRINGES PUSHING AIR PRESSURE INTO OTHER SYRINGES, LIKE AN AIR-BASED HYDRAULIC
FORMLABS HACKATHON 2022: CUSTOM EARBUDS
WE HAD IMPRESSIONS DONE OF OUR EARS AT AN AUDIOLOGIST, THEN SCANNED THE IMPRESSIONS TO CREATE 3D-PRINTABLE MODELS.
WE THEN PRINTED THE MODELS IN A FORMLABS BIOMEDICAL LAB, AND FIT THEM WITH SOME NICE ELECTRONICS. THEY SOUND GREAT!
HACK BU 2020: ZOOML
FOR BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY'S HACKBU HACKATHON, MY FRIENDS AND I CREATED AN EMOTION RECOGNITION SOFTWARE THAT OVERLAYS WITH ZOOM VIDEO CALLS
WE WON:
- FIRST PLACE, BEST HACK OVERALL
- BEST MACHINE LEARNING HACK
- BEST CIVIC ENGAGEMENT HACK
- BEST BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE HACK
FOOLING THE MOTION SENSOR
IN THE COLLEGE DORMS, OUR LIGHT WOULD TURN OFF AUTOMATICALLY IF A MOTION SENSOR ON THE WALL DIDN'T SEE US FOR A WHILE.
THIS WAS ANNOYING, SINCE WE OFTEN HAD TO WAVE OUR ARMS TO TURN THE LIGHT BACK ON WHEN THIS HAPPENED.
SO, I BUILD A LITTLE DEVICE TO WAVE IN FRONT OF THE MOTION SENSOR AT REGULAR INTERVALS / WHENEVER WE TOLD IT TO VIA REMOTE CONTROL. THIS SOLVED THE PROBLEM!
HACK BU 2019: CANDIDATE LIKE YOU
FOR BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY'S HACKBU HACKATHON, MY FRIENDS AND I CREATED A DOUBLE-PROJECT:
(I) A CHATBOT WHICH USED MULTIPLE NEURAL NETWORKS TO DETERMINE WHICH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS MOST SIMILAR TO YOU BASED ON A SHORT CONVERSATION
(II) A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK THAT CHECKS WHICH 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LOOKS MOST SIMILAR TO YOU
REMOTE-CONTROLLED BLINDS & LIGHT
MAYBE AUTOMATIC BLINDS AND LIGHT SWITCHES HAVE BEEN INVENTED ALREADY...
BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO STOP ME FROM SPENDING FIVE HOURS BUILDING A DEVICE THAT WILL SAVE ME FIVE SECONDS
JERRY THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUTLER
JERRY IS AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM I MADE FOR MY BEDROOM. EVERYTHING IS HOME-CODED SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH MY DATA.
I DON'T SHOW EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO, BUT JERRY HAS THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:
- VOICE RECOGNITION
- FACIAL RECOGNITION
- MACHINE LEARNING CHATBOT SYSTEM
- SURVEILLANCE & SECURITY SYSTEM
- TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE
- ABILITY TO CONTROL ELECTRONICS (FAN, LIGHTS, ETC.) ACROSS THE BEDROOM
IEEE MARS ROVER
AS A MEMBER OF BINGHAMTON IEEE CLUB, I WORKED AS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST ON OUR MARS ROVER PROJECT
I WORKED ON:
- AUTONOMOUS DRIVING
- USER INTERFACE (FOR DRIVING MANUALLY)
- SOFTWARE INTERACTION WITH LIDAR SENSORS, CAMERAS, SCIENCE EQUIPTMENT
POKÉMON EGG HATCHER
WHEN PLAYING A POKÉMON GAME, YOU CAN HATCH NEW POKÉMON BY MOVING 3,000 - 10,000 STEPS IN-GAME WHILE HOLDING AN EGG
I WANTED TO HATCH A BUNCH OF POKÉMON, SO I MADE A LITTLE DEVICE THAT AUTOMATICALLY BIKED MY CHARACTER UP AND DOWN A PATH TO HATCH THE EGGS
BOARD/CARD GAMES
I LIKE TO INVENT NEW BOARD GAMES AND CARD GAMES IN MY FREE TIME
ONE OF THE GAME I'VE MADE, "AS GOOD AS IT GETS," MADE OVER $21,000 ON KICKSTARTER
SOME OTHER GAMES I'VE MADE INCLUDE "SLIME CYCLE," "SPELLCASTERS," "MAGES OF THE MAELSTROM," AND "COLLECTOR."
VIDEO GAMES
I LIKE TO CODE VIDEO GAMES FOR FUN
ONE OF THE GAMES I'VE MADE, "CURIOSITY," RECEIVED OVER 20,000 DOWNLOADS ON STEAM
SOME OTHER GAMES I'VE MADE INCLUDE "DISCOVERY," "PUZZLE PRISON," AND "FISH FIGHTERS"
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