Building this punching power tracker was one of my first projects that combined programming with something physical. I wanted to see if I could use a sensor attached to a punching bag to detect hits and turn those hits into numbers such as acceleration, velocity, force, kinetic energy, and power. Before this project, most of…
Building Paw Patrol NYC at My First Hackathon
Participating in my first hackathon was exciting, but it was also much more challenging than I expected. The goal of the NYPL Built for NYC AI Hackathon was to create something that solved a real problem in New York City, which meant I had to come up with an idea, build it, debug it, and…
Twice the Price, 7x the Power, 5 years later. Same iPad
Here’s a riddle for you: What costs twice as much, has 7x more compute power and took 5 years to come out but is exactly the same as the other one? Answer: an iPad! I cannot convey how frustrating this is for someone like me who has compromised so much in terms of productivity just…
YARH (Yet Another Raspberry pi Handheld) Remix
“This would have been so astoundingly amazing just 10 years ago…”. I say to my teenage son as I show him my new fan-dangled creation. “Why do you build things like this anyways?!” he says back half smiling and half serious. “I don’t know. It keeps me entertained while I’m in boring meetings at work.”…
3 Rare Pis Found in the Wild
I was just cruising around my local Microcenter today and I find these 3 rare pis available! Does this mean the great pi shortage is finally over? One can only hope so! Despite being around for years, I’ve never actually had a chance to own a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W and 3A+. They we’re…
Keyboard Phone Case in 2024?
In this week’s “crazy or stupid?”. Would you want a keyboard for your phone? I sure would if there was a decent one. Unfortunately nothing exists that suits my needs so I just made one! Does it work? Yes! Is it good? uhhh… it works! Go make one yourself: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6477497
Geekworm Aluminum Case Rpi 3A+ HQ Camera Plate
Found a cool looking case by Geekworm for a recent Raspberry Pi 3A+ board that I bought just because it was available. So I decided to replace the pi 4 that I use on my Anycubic Vyper 3D printer for remotely monitoring 3D prints with this as the pi 4 with a touch screen was…
Life Lesson from a Cat
If you don’t know where you want to go, you will never get there… Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? Alice If you really want to know where you want to go, you have to first…
Attack on Titan: The Ackermans
Another year, another cosplay project for comic con. This was a multi month project that my son and I built over the summer. He loves Attack on Titan and I love to make fun of it for being confusing. I am used to animes that have perfectly simple plot lines e.g. Slam Dunk – they…
