These are some things I’ve created because…
Smart doorbell with notifications and a custom jingle played on Google devices throughout the house
My house didn’t have a doorbell when I moved in so I made my own! Instead of the traditional “ding dong” it plays a jingle written by my friend Nick Dahlquist throughout my house on Google Home devices.
The doorbell button is attached to an ESP32 which is connected to my WiFi. I also setup a few Docker containers on a Raspberry Pi to help with the automation.
Settlers of Catan laser cut and engraved in hardwood
I wanted to begin my laser cutting journey by making a copy of this classic board game.
The design is pieced together from a version Glowforge released and a few other derivatives on Thingiverse. So far I’ve made wheat (birch), brick (cherry), ore (walnut), wood (oak), and sheep (birch) hexes!
Universal infrared remote controlled through voice commands
I replaced all of the remotes in my house with a microcontroller and an infrared LED.
Controlling it through Google Home is helpful when you can’t find the standard remote or it’s too far away!
Morse code blinking ship in a bottle that receives messages from the internet
A few years ago my grandpa showed me a book that he had handwritten called How to Bottle It. In the book he describes the process of making a ship in a bottle.
I followed his instructions and added a technological twist of my own by augmenting it with IoT connectivity!
Algorithmic probability solver for the board game Camel Up
Camel Up is a board game that boils down to pure probability but at the beginning of each leg of the race there are 29,160 possible outcomes!
Let’s ruin the fun and solve it by brute forcing the permutations.
Hardwood table built out of cherry with walnut inlays
This was one of the first large woodworking projects I did and I really love how it turned out!
I made this table with my dad when I was in college. The process took a long time since we could usually only find one Saturday per month to work on it together.