I am working through an idea for a research project. If it works out, it’s going to involve brilliant grad students, custom electronics, motion control equipment, real-time sensors, interesting software, perhaps some serious applications to both healthcare and computer gaming, and maybe a spin-off company to help bring it all to the world in an economically self-sustaining way.<\/p>\n
But things never start there. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
So today I spent some time with cardboard and scissors, scotch tape and coffee stirrers, and assorted other junk lying around the lab, starting to put together an early proof-of-concept prototype. Depending on how that works out, I may take things to the next stage.<\/p>\n
Even if it doesn’t, I sure had a fun time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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