BRAG PAGE - Time Line and Published Articles
Brewery photo.
Underwater LASERscan system.
Flash triggered by sound when hammer hits jar.
Astrocamera on clock motor drive base.
Camera moves opposite of earth's rotation to take hour-long star pictures.
Sequence of Projects:
At North Shore High School:
Biofeedback EEG monitor (M) KEY: M = made from magazine article
Plant-response monitor (M) K = made from kit
Electronic enlarger timer (D) S = wrote software
Process color photo prints C = correspondence course
SWTPC 6800 computer (K) D = designed and built
Electronic bulletin board (S)
BASIC programs for individual student physics problems (S)
Optical 3 x 5 punched-card ballot reader (D)
Film-audiotape movie synchronizer (D)
Shortwave radioteletype and Morse code demodulator (M)
Two-pen 3-D sketching device (D)
Photo-silk-screen T-shirts & bumper stickers (K)
Color TV (K)
TV-repair service for fund-raising (C)
Assembly-language school attendance report program (S)
At John I. Leonard High School
One-person dry, atmospheric-pressure pedaled submarine (D)
Recumbent bicycle (D)
Three-CO2-cartridge paintball gun (D)
Semi-automatic paintball gun (D)
Long-burn black-powder-and-chalk rocket motors (D)
Rocket motor impulse recorder (D)
Movie-camera/theodolite for rocket tracking and flight data (D)
Sequential-photo rocket (D)
Radio-control rocket (D)
Radio-control rocket with sun-sensor roll hold (D)
Live-TV-eye radio-control model car with Sony vidicon camera (D)
SACLOS autonomous rocket-guidance circuit (D)
Spread-Eagle .049 plane for flare/SACLOS trials (D)
Model-rocket rolleron-fins for roll holding
Extreme-stereoscopic (3-D) rocket-tracking pseudoscope
2-watt amateur TV transmitter (K)
5-watt amateur TV transmitter (K)
Live-video-eye radio-control rocket w/ CCD camera & transmitter (D)
22" radio-control mower (D)
30" electric-start, 3-speed radio-control mower (D)
Electric 4-axis gyroscope (D)
3-axis Joy Rider flight-simulator cockpit (D)
Shortwave radio weather pictures (WEFAX) (M)
3-tier, 10-gallon beer microbrewery
Inline-skate pumpers (D)
This web site started (S)
Flying Jenny playground rides (D)
Playground backhoe (D)
Astrocamera star tracker (M)
One-moving-part test-tube Stirling engine (D)
Simple-to-make, low-temperature-differential Stirling engines
Pyrotechnics/rocket ignition systems (D)
After retirement:
Pond Ness Monster (D)
Animated bumper signs (D)
X-ray system using auto spark coil (D)
Bronze-casting
Self-Jumping Bicycle (D)
Steam rockets (D)
Portrait sculpture outline system (D)
Ethanol still
Projects in the pipeline:
Remote-control, live-eye litter scavenger for the science museum
Super-mega-bullhorn with digital voice recorder, time-shift power amp
Beautiful-waving-lady, animatronic-mannequin attention-getter
Jet-ski/parasail operated by the parasailer
Autonomous litter-scavenging robot
Articles or Letters Published:
(CAPITALS indicate a major article.)
Byte Feb '78 correction to BASIC simulation program
MICROCOMPUTING Jun '80 BASIC physics-curriculum programs
MECHANICS (Japanese) Jan '86 submarine article
SCALE RC MODELER Aug '86 R/C-rocket article
American Spacemodeling Jul '87 sequential-camera rocket article
Small Boat Journal Mar '88 submarine letter and photo
HUMAN POWER JOURNAL mid '88 submarine article
Action Pursuit Games Oct '89 photo of paintgun modifications
Action Pursuit Games Feb '90 photos of paintgun feeder, parts
HIGH POWER ROCKETRY Oct '91 model-rocket rolleron article
HUMANPOWER (hardback book) '92 submarine chapter
Sky & Telescope Mar '93 UFO's are SETI visitors
Computer Game Review Jun '93 flight-simulator photo and letter
Strategy Plus Jun '93 head-operated view-switcher photo
Fate Jul '93 proposed space-drive misconceptions
Game Player Aug '93 flight-simulator photo and letter
Fate Feb '94 UFO technology is prologue
BREWING TECHNIQUES Mar '94 microbrewery article, photo, sketch
Beer Notes May '94 microbrewery letter, photo
Cold Fusion Feb '95 free-energy news misconceptions
BREW YOUR OWN Aug '95 microbrewery article, photos
Fate Sep '95 earth-axis-shift misconception
Infinite Energy Spring '96 "new-energy" con-artist red flags
HOME SHOP MACHINIST Sep/Oct '97 one-moving-part Stirling engine
Fate May '98 speed-of-light misconception
HIGH POWER ROCKETRY Jun '98 increased-torque servo modifications
Fate Feb '99 Egypt's "Pythagorean" theorem
The Sciences Jan/Feb '99 ozone hole misconception
Fortean Times Nov '00 earth's many "highest" civilizations
Fate Oct '01 the enlightenment experience
Fate Jun '02 possible enigma-creature's secrets
HOME SHOP MACHINIST Jan/Feb '03 simple large-drill-bit sharpening jig
Machinist's Workshop Jun/Jul '03 backyard playground backhoe
MACHINIST'S WORKSHOP Oct/Nov '03 simple-to-build Stirling engines
Home Shop Machinist Jan/Feb '05 router-motor lathe-tool-post grinder
Extreme Rocketry Sep/Oct '08 Scalded Dog steam rocket