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University of Washington, Seattle
Joined November 2018
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Jasper Tran O'Leary's work on using computational notebooks for CNC milling really helped me expand my thinking around how symbolic representations can "escape" the computer to manifest in fabricated objects. Also a rad use of @observablehq! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/35445…
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Biomakespace participated in an interview for this super-interesting and rich new research paper '“Short on time and big on ideas”: Perspectives from Lab Members on DIYBio Work in Community Biolabs' by @SeaGreenODL @nadyapeek & Kellie Dunn arxiv.org/pdf/2205.00079.pdf cc @cammakespace
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I don't know about you... but I am very exhausted and simultaneously very inspired for all the interactivity demos we had at #CHI2022 today! Thanks to a lot of people for this special & heart warming event with our #CHI2022nola hands-on demos. 1/4
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found some LaTeX documentation with a LaTeX bug in the title heading. this… has to be intentional… doesn’t it?
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Another DIY Stock Part Special! It turns out you can make your own thrust bearings by laser cutting the retainer from Delrin as long as you dont mind installing each BB by hand.
ALT an exposed view of the laser cut thrust bearing retainer ring that holds the bearing balls inside this five bar linkage.
ALT a fully assembled DIY thrust bearing embedded in the joint for a five bar linkage
ALT an inside view of the thrust bearings embedded in the lower half of the 5 bar linkage joint
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Having too much fun making @Machine_Agency stickers on the silhouette. Orange used to be my least favorite color but I must admit it’s growing on me thanks to @nadyapeek
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I’m proud to announce the arrival of another #axidraw at @Machine_Agency…
DOODLEBOB HAS RISEN!!
@EMSL #plottertwitter – at Seattle, WA
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Made a thing! A 10cc Syringe Tool for Jubilee Toolchangers! Now you can extrude pastes, gels, and other gooey media.
Source Files are up too. Note: 10mm Cube is extruded from Pluronic F-127 on a previous revison.
Hopefully this is the last rev...
github.com/machineagency/jub…
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Hi #3DPrinters! We are researchers @hcdeUW interested in your printer #maintenance practices! All skill levels are welcome: if you manage your own printer & are 18+, you can complete a survey here & enter a raffle to win 2 spools of filament ⚡
forms.gle/fTuVE3hK7XmPBWq17
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Jasper and I are back in lab @Machine_Agency for the first time in 15 months!!!
ALT A masked man and woman making peace signs with their fingers standing in front of a CNC mill
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I'm super excited to present my new paper tomorrow at #chi2021!
"Tools, Tricks, and Hacks: Exploring Novel Digital Fabrication Workflows on #PlotterTwitter"
Read it here: doi.org/10.1145/3411764.3445…
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Monday (US time) #CHI2021 panel moderated by @nadyapeek, @jsquare brings together @wendyju, Tom Igoe, and Neil Gershenfeld on teaching prototyping, electronics, and digital fab remotely. Making at a Distance: Teaching Hands on Courses During the Pandemic: bit.ly/remotemaking
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OSHA Announces Revamped Forklift Certification Will Feature Halfpipe Portion bit.ly/3tcQiMJ
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Sweet pocketable FPGA development ⚡️
Everything I know about mechanical engineering has been gleaned from taking things apart, touring factories, scouring the Internet, and perhaps most importantly, advice from friends and mentors.
Read some adventures I've had designing Precursor's case at bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=60…
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Happy #TransAwarenessWeek!
Glasgow Rev C is OSHW and has trans flag colored status LEDs! crowdsupply.com/1bitsquared/… via @mattieuMattieu
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mechanical design to avoid writing software, writing software to avoid mechanical design, writing software and mechanical design to avoid electrical design
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Ok, so
I keep hearing " all the open source CAD tools suck " and " I want off this train " for paid CAD tools.
And I think to myself: I know how CAD works.
What's in a CAD software anyhow?
A thread: (1/x)
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I see this in so many fabric-adjacent papers (robotics/graphics papers that do involve fabric but don’t involve textiles experts)—usually they’re just, like, reading the first three words on the label at Joann’s. “We measured four fabrics: cotton, denim, knit, and Arctic Fleece.”
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HCDE Prof. Nadya Peek and her collaborator Prof. Jennifer Jacobs @ucsantabarbara, have received a new grant from the @NSF to research digital fabrication tools for low-volume manufacturing. hcde.washington.edu/news/pee…
