Open Source Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand Prototype

As a senior design project I led an interdepartmental team of computer and mechanical engineering students designing a low-cost myoelectric prosthetic hand prototype. My primary responsibilities were the overall project management as well as power supply and PCB design.  The concept was to use self-locking ACME screws driven by geared DC motors to drive the […]

Polishing wood trim in the car

The problem with using shiny wood trim in the center console of a car is how it wears. Over time it gets very scratched up and ends up looking quite bad. Over time bits of soda and other gunk had found their way into some of these trim pieces and caused some annoying clicking sounds […]