Mira Robot sprung from the idea of using a 7-segment LED display to show facial expressions. I first saw an application of this in the Chintoo sculpture by Mohit Bhoite. This led me to explore how much emotion I could convey by just using four 7-segment LED displays. Mira is Spanish for ‘look!’, which I […]
Early on during Exploratory Making, I got the idea of creating a 3D-modelled parts library to speed up and enhance the exploratory making process. After the course, I decided to go forward with the idea and create the library on Thingiverse, taking care to make everything open source. To achieve this, I programmed the parts […]
In quartile 3, I started recognising the importance of taking good pictures of my explorations and models. I also wanted to improve my 3D modelling skills in OpenSCAD as I’m dedicated to using and promoting open-source software. To combine these interests, I modelled a phone holder tripod first in Fusion 360 (as the point-and-click environment […]