Category Archives: Projects

[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”

[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”

[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”