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Posted: 6/17/2015 3:41:46 PM EDT
I self-identify as a handsome, physically fit geek.
This is a thread for the geeks of arfcom to show off their work. I will start. My first parallel programming challenge. I am more of a hack than a true geek, hope to see some real geek work here.  |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 3:56:21 PM EDT
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I don't have video of it, but I wrote a program to control the charging of batteries in an all electric vehicle back in college for a project. I think it was a Ford Expedition that was converted to an all electric vehicle.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 3:56:27 PM EDT
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I am assuming the 'geeks of arfcom' are sleeping off a Mountain Dew buzz...
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Posted: 6/17/2015 3:57:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't have video of it, but I wrote a program to control the charging of batteries in an all electric vehicle back in college for a project. I think it was a Ford Expedition that was converted to an all electric vehicle. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 3:59:39 PM EDT
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I write and design software for a living, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is write more software. Am I the anti-geek?
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:01:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I write and design software for a living, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is write more software. Am I the anti-geek? |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:04:36 PM EDT
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I am in the same camp as you, but this parallella board stirs a response below the waist, so I code at home (rare for me). Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I write and design software for a living, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is write more software. Am I the anti-geek? I did pick up a new RasbPi and a bunch of accessory boards. I want to control my kegerator and home-brewing equipment with it. But my lack of desire to code at home is delaying the entire thing. One of these days. 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:11:47 PM EDT
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Come on guys, it could be a 3D print out you made, anything.
I really believe there are more geeks here than most realize. Time to shed the geek 'libtard' image. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:28:12 PM EDT
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I'm more of a networking/infosec nerd who dabbles in C# infrequently.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:30:59 PM EDT
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I can operate my Ipad most of the time
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:31:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm more of a networking/infosec nerd who dabbles in C# infrequently. 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:34:42 PM EDT
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I did pick up a new RasbPi and a bunch of accessory boards. I want to control my kegerator and home-brewing equipment with it. But my lack of desire to code at home is delaying the entire thing. One of these days. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I write and design software for a living, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is write more software. Am I the anti-geek? I did pick up a new RasbPi and a bunch of accessory boards. I want to control my kegerator and home-brewing equipment with it. But my lack of desire to code at home is delaying the entire thing. One of these days. How hard would be to code that though? (my only programming experience was C++ in high school 11 years ago) |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:35:52 PM EDT
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I am assuming the 'geeks of arfcom' are sleeping off a Mountain Dew buzz... no, some of us have jobs. tag for my spot later, if I remember to get around to it.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:38:03 PM EDT
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I made a tesla coil.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:43:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: no, some of us have jobs. tag for my spot later, if I remember to get around to it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I am assuming the 'geeks of arfcom' are sleeping off a Mountain Dew buzz... no, some of us have jobs. tag for my spot later, if I remember to get around to it.  |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:47:21 PM EDT
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I geek out with lots of junk.
Building Megasquirt engine management and GPIO transmission controllers and computers. I have probably long since lost the pictures... Building ATX motherboard based computers into dish network DVRs. Scratchbuilding R/C cars, boats, trucks, planes and multi rotors. Making and programming arduino mini and micro controllers to embed in R/C cars and planes. Making shit on the lathe and mill for the race cars. The list goes on.. ETA: I have some video but cannot embed anymore. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OduMGe6cfL8[/youtube] [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3-ww6Ct2w[/youtube] |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:48:50 PM EDT
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I did pick up a new RasbPi and a bunch of accessory boards. I want to control my kegerator and home-brewing equipment with it. But my lack of desire to code at home is delaying the entire thing. One of these days. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I write and design software for a living, so the last thing I want to do when I get home is write more software. Am I the anti-geek? I did pick up a new RasbPi and a bunch of accessory boards. I want to control my kegerator and home-brewing equipment with it. But my lack of desire to code at home is delaying the entire thing. One of these days. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:49:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I geek out with lots of junk. Building Megasquirt engine management and GPIO transmission controllers and computers. I have probably long since lost the pictures... Building ATX motherboard based computers into dish network DVRs. Scratchbuilding R/C cars, boats, trucks, planes and multi rotors. Making and programming arduino mini and micro controllers to embed in R/C cars and planes. Making shit on the lathe and mill for the race cars. The list goes on.. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:54:43 PM EDT
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I set up a 52'' flat screen on my computer desk that I use for a monitor - so that when I play X-Wing and Tie Fighter (or X-Wing V.S. Tie Fighter) it feels more like I'm right there in the cockpit.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:56:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:56:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I set up a 52'' flat screen on my computer desk that I use for a monitor - so that when I play X-Wing and Tie Fighter (or-Wing V.S. Tie Fighter X) it feels more like I'm right there in the cockpit. Quote HistoryQuoted: I set up a 52'' flat screen on my computer desk that I use for a monitor - so that when I play X-Wing and Tie Fighter (or-Wing V.S. Tie Fighter X) it feels more like I'm right there in the cockpit. Nice! True geek badge earned. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:57:14 PM EDT
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I laid out a CPU that performs out of order execution utilizing the Tomasulo algorithm.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:57:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You are the guys that I need a hole punched through the firewall and disappear for 8 hours, aren't you? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'm more of a networking/infosec nerd who dabbles in C# infrequently. If I punch a hole through the firewall, then nothing works. They really don't like holes in them.  |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:58:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWow! |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:58:36 PM EDT
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Come on guys, it could be a 3D print out you made, anything. I really believe there are more geeks here than most realize. Time to shed the geek 'libtard' image. I have been 3d printing some really cool stuff Thats about all I wanna say |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:58:48 PM EDT
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Made a soup can forge that I melt stuff with.
(I can't call it making knives - because I usually just make a mess) 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:59:35 PM EDT
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Come on guys, it could be a 3D print out you made, anything. I really believe there are more geeks here than most realize. Time to shed the geek 'libtard' image. Does making a 3D clone with this kit qualify me? http://www.amazon.com/Clone-Willy-Make-Your-Dildo/dp/B00112IGCA |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 4:59:58 PM EDT
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Made a soup can forge that I melt stuff with. (I can't call it making knives - because I usually just make a mess) http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff422/CBPO/IMG_20131111_154535774.jpg http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff422/CBPO/IMG_20131111_162332812.jpg SO AWESOME!!!! |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:00:35 PM EDT
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Tag for when I am done fiber glassing.
Solidworks. I want to 3d print it when I upgrade my machine. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:02:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Made a soup can forge that I melt stuff with. (I can't call it making knives - because I usually just make a mess) http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff422/CBPO/IMG_20131111_154535774.jpg http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff422/CBPO/IMG_20131111_162332812.jpg  |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:05:54 PM EDT
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Sounds like true geek status to me! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I geek out with lots of junk. Building Megasquirt engine management and GPIO transmission controllers and computers. I have probably long since lost the pictures... Building ATX motherboard based computers into dish network DVRs. Scratchbuilding R/C cars, boats, trucks, planes and multi rotors. Making and programming arduino mini and micro controllers to embed in R/C cars and planes. Making shit on the lathe and mill for the race cars. The list goes on.. Here was the latest project. Fox body Mustang with a LS 5.3 turbo installed. Required an engine management computer and a GPIO to run the 4L80e, then a shit ton of machining little parts and even more wiring. And to its right is a Fox body Capri with a 2013 Coyote 5.0 and tremec 6 speed installed
Speaking of geeking out. Here is some running 4 stroke Conely V-8s 
And a cammer. 
Just a snippet. LOL |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:06:29 PM EDT
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wood geek here.
I turn this 
into this. 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:07:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: wood geek here. I turn this http://i.imgur.com/DcpJ3P7.jpg into this. http://i.imgur.com/ji5jY4i.jpg |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:10:32 PM EDT
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Programmed this on my Canon L5-822.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:13:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryYou seem familiar. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:15:29 PM EDT
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Dunno if I'm a geek or not, but I design, build, install, and service these:
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:17:23 PM EDT
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I use those worthless building codes all the time, you know, the building codes that don't mean much anyway as long as we have carpenters for our enlightenment.
For some of these codes and standards, the best way to learn them is to write a spreadsheet. This is NFPA 68: Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting , I hadn't seen it before, so I wrote this: 
Before I'd seen that NFPA standard, I didn't even know the difference between deflagration and explosion. I don't pass them around to to others, except for the one I wrote for sizing residential dryer vents after the worthless and stupid building codes got all strict over that shit.
I guess that's geeky . . . 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:17:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryAre you a wizard? |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:19:07 PM EDT
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Come on guys, it could be a 3D print out you made, anything. I really believe there are more geeks here than most realize. Time to shed the geek 'libtard' image. FDM and SLA prints of a rail mounted level for long range ARs 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:19:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dunno if I'm a geek or not, but I design, build, install, and service these: http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=77890 |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:22:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: FDM and SLA prints of a rail mounted level for long range ARs http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/762RUM/DSC_0448.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Come on guys, it could be a 3D print out you made, anything. I really believe there are more geeks here than most realize. Time to shed the geek 'libtard' image. FDM and SLA prints of a rail mounted level for long range ARs http://i957.photobucket.com/albums/ae52/762RUM/DSC_0448.jpg |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:23:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I use those worthless building codes all the time, you know, the building codes that don't mean much anyway as long as we have carpenters for our enlightenment. For some of these codes and standards, the best way to learn them is to write a spreadsheet. This is NFPA 68: Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting , I hadn't seen it before, so I wrote this: http://s9.postimg.org/tpfc0rhfz/Full_Size_Render.jpg Before I'd seen that NFPA standard, I didn't even know the difference between deflagration and explosion. I don't pass them around to to others, except for the one I wrote for sizing residential dryer vents after the worthless and stupid building codes got all strict over that shit. I guess that's geeky . . . |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:25:33 PM EDT
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I built my own sauna.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:25:44 PM EDT
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I set up a 52'' flat screen on my computer desk that I use for a monitor - so that when I play X-Wing and Tie Fighter (or X-Wing V.S. Tie Fighter) it feels more like I'm right there in the cockpit.
http://i1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff422/CBPO/IMG_20150207_212656128.jpg My 27 year old geek son and I were just talking about how cool that game was. Used to run it on an old 486. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:28:03 PM EDT
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I used to be pretty into Minecraft, specifically wiring up redstone circuits - before they completely goatfucked the way redstone clocks (specifically one tick pulse generators) operate.
I posted 2 of my projects to youtube - over built so you can see how they're done..and with slow walkthroughs so you can see the construction. Neither works in a current version of minecraft, due to the aforementioned goatfucking of how redstone works.
I moved most of my creative interests over to KSP - Kerbal Space Program. It's a game that is designed for you to create rockets and go into space. That's boring. I like to create atmospheric aircraft, particularly rotorcraft.
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:29:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Isolated incident. |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:31:02 PM EDT
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I built this in grad school:
It's a 4 channel heterodyne velocimeter. I can measure velocities up to 6 km/s. I used it to take data for my thesis work. Shooting stuff for a living is fun! |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:31:14 PM EDT
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spreadsheet geek, that is tier 0.5 in the geekdom universe. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I use those worthless building codes all the time, you know, the building codes that don't mean much anyway as long as we have carpenters for our enlightenment. For some of these codes and standards, the best way to learn them is to write a spreadsheet. This is NFPA 68: Standard on Explosion Protection by Deflagration Venting , I hadn't seen it before, so I wrote this: http://s9.postimg.org/tpfc0rhfz/Full_Size_Render.jpg Before I'd seen that NFPA standard, I didn't even know the difference between deflagration and explosion. I don't pass them around to to others, except for the one I wrote for sizing residential dryer vents after the worthless and stupid building codes got all strict over that shit.
I guess that's geeky . . .
No extra points for metric? 
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:31:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I built this in grad school: http://i.imgur.com/AL7sq6c.jpg?1 It's a 4 channel heterodyne velocimeter. I can measure velocities up to 6 km/s. I used it to take data for my thesis work. Shooting stuff for a living is fun! |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:40:54 PM EDT
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Ok, I have no idea what you just said, you get the uber-geek crown for now. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I built this in grad school: http://i.imgur.com/AL7sq6c.jpg?1 It's a 4 channel heterodyne velocimeter. I can measure velocities up to 6 km/s. I used it to take data for my thesis work. Shooting stuff for a living is fun! Booyah! Problem with this place is that pretty soon someone will be along with something cooler!
Just think of it as a fancy fiber optic "LIDAR gun" that uses so much laser power that you can set things on fire with it if you're not careful... |
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Posted: 6/17/2015 5:42:12 PM EDT
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I tend to geek out on things that I have a need for, or that are related to things I have a need for.
I work in a large service provider lab by day, certifying all aspects of hardware and software on stuff like this:  On my own time, I like to be a bit more tactile since most of what I do for a living is computer based. I first geeked out on this tractor to turn this:  Into this in my spare time:  Then after geeking out on tractors, I geeked out on pancake motors to get this running hot:  Then did a little programming on this:  All so that I can spend days and days of bush-hogging and track prepping so that I can spend a few hours a year doing this... : After doing all that, I still haven't found the time and motivation to get the RasbPi out of the box to finish my home automation project I keep saying I"m going to do. |
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