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Eye Exercise Device

Background I was looking for eye exercise devices, but This project involves two stepper motors connected with rods. It’d be essentially a robot arm, which moves in the 2D plane with a programmable path (ex. figure-8, lines, boxes, peripheral vision). The user’s eye would follow the path traced out by the tip of the device,Continue reading “Eye Exercise Device”

Tempo Step

[November 2020] Background Recently, I’ve been trying to get back into the habit of running cross-country, and found pacing to be somewhat of a challenge. So, I wanted to work on a program that analyzes music tempo and plays songs to listen to while running, based on someone’s step pace. Then, the person would simplyContinue reading “Tempo Step”

Greenhouse

[November 2020] Background & planting seeds! At first, we planted the seeds in small plastic containers kept indoors, but wanted to transfer them outside for more growing space. Since it’s winter, I decided to build a quick mini greenhouse. The tiny sprouts are starting to peek out, and they’re super cute 🙂 Building! I boughtContinue reading “Greenhouse”

Ant Tracker

[Oct 2020 – Present] Code: https://github.com/ec888/motion-tracker I’ve always been fascinated by ants. I spent hours and hours staring at them as a kid, with infinite questions 1. Experimental questions This year, ants invaded my house, which was a great opportunity to start studying them formally. Having done image processing-related work over the summer, I knewContinue reading “Ant Tracker”

Kite Windmill

[Aug 2020 – Present] Observations about higher-altitude wind: It’s way stronger than ground-level wind: while the ground was a light breeze at ~5mph, the kites were very stably airborne It’s ridiculously (and cheaply) accessible by kite: by putting a self-sustaining kite in strong wind conditions of higher winds, there should be some way to harnessContinue reading “Kite Windmill”

Automated Suntracker + Mirror

[May 2020-Oct 2020] Code: https://github.com/ec888/Suntrack-Mirror The goal of this project was to create a mirror + suntracker device that would rotate to reflect sunlight directly into a window, inspired by my house’s dark interior. Natural light has great effects for well-being, and is a cost-efficient and eco-friendly way to save energy. Since this was theContinue reading “Automated Suntracker + Mirror”