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Introduction: This car is a voice-controlled car that takes in 4 commands. The command “GO” makes the car move forward for about three seconds. “GO GO” makes the car move forward for about five seconds. “Leeeeft” makes the car go left. “Turn Right Mon” makes the car go right. Why the odd commands? Stay tunedContinueContinue reading “Voice-Controlled Car”

During my summer 2020 internship, I was fortunate to have an opportunity to work with Hermes Robotics, a bay-area based startup that focuses on retro-fitting technology into trucks to enable them to drive autonomously. Prior to the start of my internship, our CEO and CTO had both already designed and implemented the crucial systems suchContinueContinue reading “Shift Stick Automation”

A new year is upon us! We are all too eager to leave 2020 behind and travel onward. Check out my calisthenics progress and hold me accountable for my goals! I will be updating every 6 months! As this is my first calisthenics-related post I will provide some background. I enjoy calisthenics. What better wayContinueContinue reading “Calisthenics Update 1”

At the start of summer 2020, I ordered and assembled my first personal 3-D printer. The model I chose was the Creality Ender 3 Pro, a highly recommended recreational printer which tops off at about $250 a piece. To be honest, this was the most excited I have ever been to receive a package. IContinueContinue reading “First Set of Practical Prints”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsfbficV55Q&feature=youtu.be The CAT Jack Stand product demonstration was a project I worked on during summer of 2020 as I assisted the product development department of Alltrade Tools LLC. Alltrade focuses on power tools, automotive tools, and home appliances. In order to provide content for their online sales, they traditionally filmed live demonstration videos of theirContinueContinue reading “CAT Jack Stand”

Github Link Virtual World Build Your Own World is a Java-based game that uses data structures, algorithms, and the StdDraw library. I, along with my project partner Dayne, created a Player vs Player game where players compete against each other to collect as many flowers as possible. Flowers are randomly strewn across the world. TheContinueContinue reading “Build Your Own World”

This philosophical topic is inspired by a late-night conversation with my housemate. In this tangent, I touch on religion and my stance on it. I write this post with no bias towards any one religion and I respect an individual’s freedom to practice any religion they feel inclined to believe. I will not dive intoContinueContinue reading “Finding Objective Truth”

Yellowstone Photos My family and I decided to spend our 2020-2021 transition at Yellowstone, where the temperature never peaked above 25 oF and reached -5 oF after dark. As a native of southern California, where it has not snowed in the 20 years of my residence there, the weather was a testament to my toleranceContinueContinue reading “Yellowstone: Winter 2020”

Mousetrap Vehicle is, without question, my favorite Science Olympiad engineering event. The event has endless room for creativity and is the most open-ended of the Science Olympiad engineering events. As well, it does not require the hours upon hours of boring and repetitive work that building a wooden structure requires. Perfecting my vehicle became myContinueContinue reading “Mousetrap Vehicle”

Towers (or any of the Science Olympiad structure events), has a simple premise. The goal is to build a weight-bearing structure that meets minimum width/height dimensions that has the highest structural efficiency. This efficiency is defined as the mass held (g) / mass of the structure (g). As a simple example, if a tower holdsContinueContinue reading “Towers”