Creative workplace
Fostering a creative work environment in my office at Microsoft My role: sole contributor
Carl’s Work
Cookbook
I published my first book! Well, it’s a family cookbook, but that still counts. The theme is “surfaces.” As I was going through all these old family recipe cards and photos, I noticed the physical media had a lot of
Family Cookbook
I just published my first book! Well, it’s a family cookbook, but that still counts. The theme is “surfaces.” As I was going through all these old family recipe cards and photos, I noticed the physical media had a lot
Peep costume
This is a costume I started for Bunnarchy, an Easter-themed pub crawl. It’s constructed out of foam rubber. The material comes in sheets, so I formed it into 2 sections (base and top) and did some trimming to polish off
Palm Pre Exif Timestamp
Okay, I wrote this up a while back but now I’m on the HTC Evo with the oh-so-lovely Android OS. I’m putting this out there to help the Pre crowd. Overall, I was quite pleased with my Palm Pre. In particular, the camera is decent
Line Following Robot
This is a line following Arduino robot I built at Metrix, my local makerspace. It was my first project with Arduino. It uses an LED to illuminate the ground in front of it, providing a high contrast surface to sense
Metrix line-following Arduino robot
This is a line following Arduino robot I built at Metrix, my local makerspace. I’ve been taking classes at Metrix. It’s been a great opportunity to work with the Arduino and freshen-up on on my electronics skills. The video is
Website for TV Show
This is a website I made for a friend’s public access TV show. I took a skeuomorphic approach.
Robotic Biomimetic Fish
For my senior design project in undergrad, I worked with a team on designing and building a robotic fish. This was part of a research project funded by the US Navy to increase the efficiency of underwater vehicles by mimicking
Ceiling Shelving Design
Design project at UIUC – system for ceiling-based storage that could lower down to access the contents. My role: design, 3D modeling
Ceiling Shelving Design
This project was for an undergraduate mechanical design class. The goal of this project was to design a way to maximize storage for a constrained space (i.e. a dorm room). This is a pulley and bucket system that can store