3 photosAug 2026
FieldDeck
An open source engineering console for the Raspberry Pi. It boots unable to transmit, power or flash anything until a person arms it.
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6 photosJul 2026
Life Assist
An open source planner for iPhone that keeps everything on the phone. No account, no cloud, no analytics.
2024
Smart spoon
The University of Texas at Dallas
A spoon that weighs each bite and works out what the food is, so calories get counted without typing anything in.
Jun 2023
RF energy harvesting rectenna
A rectenna cell you can chain in series or parallel, so ambient RF gets harvested off whatever antenna you plug in.
May 2023
Local Llama
Llama compiled to run on my own machine, with document handling on top, so it can read a folder of files and write scripts with no internet.
Aug 2022
Smart garden
The University of Texas at Dallas
A garden bed that works out what is planted in it and waters to suit, instead of running on a timer.
2 photosJan 2021
BMW E39
An M54 straight six and an M62 V8, restored and modified, each with its manual gearbox.
2 photosAug 2020
Smart beehive
The University of Texas at Dallas
Remote monitoring for a live hive, built so the instruments never bother the bees.
Apr 2020
Signal modulator guitar pedal
An open source pedal reworked to modulate the analog signal off a guitar pickup, then shape it digitally.
3 items2019
Shell Eco-Marathon vehicle
Engineering@Work
A student competition car I started and led: the electrical side, the money, the sponsors and the press.
Feb 2019
BLDC motor controller
Engineering@Work, Shell Eco-Marathon
A three-phase brushless DC motor controller, designed and hand-soldered for a competition car.
Aug 2017
Jolt Battery
Inventathon 2017
A battery in a standard cell size that charges itself when you shake it.
2015
Hackintosh builds
Desktop PCs built and patched to run macOS.
Nothing here uses that.