I’ve done a lot of projects over the years, and I’m finally getting around to documenting some of them


Four Legged Walker

Walking Mechanism

A four-legged Theo Jansen “Strandbeest” walking mechanism.


medium-magenta-mix

Color Science Projects

A set of topics relating to color science and colorimetry.


Sphereland Creatures

Vision in Curved Space

A study of how visual perception (especially depth perception) would change if we lived in a relatively small spherical universe.


Side View

Segway-Style Balancer

A low-cost, simple Segway-style self-balancing device made from off-the-shelf parts.


3D Shadowlamp

3D Shadowlamp

A device that casts 3D shadows.


light seeker

Light Seekers

Complex behavior of multiple interacting light-seeking “head” mechanisms.


Ceramics

Ceramics

Work I created after retirement while being a nondegree undergraduate ‘senior’ in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Illinois, 2010-2013.


UPS Time Exposures

UPS Time Exposures

A project I did with my wife’s K-1 class at University Primary School, Feb 2012.


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Monomial Method

A numerical method for solving nonlinear equations, and the graphical investigations leading to my Design by Algorithm work.


BLIFNAR

BLIFNAR

BLIFNAR stands for “blinky lights for no apparent reason.” It is a device that charges in the sun all day and flashes eight LEDs all night. It is also known in the BEAM Robotics community as an octal “Pummer.”


great_wave

Design by Algorithm

I exhibited math-based artwork, based on research I did on chaotic dynamical systems, at weekend art fairs throughout the Midwest for 25 years (1990-2015). Here is an archival version of my old website: designbyalgorithm.com