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Alarm Clock: Built an alarm clock to wake up for an 8am solid state physics class. It opened with soft music, then tickled with a feather, then rang a bell. If that didn't do the trick, a critter swooped down from the ceiling with a cup full of cold water. |
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Lunar Excursion
Module: Worked at Grumman Aircraft Company in the LEM Microelectronics Lab as a summer intern. It was a lab that had all the 'Right Stuff.' |
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SAM D Missile System: Built the radar display system logic at Raytheon. First job out of school. This missile system was a big bad boy toy. |
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Submarine Detection
System: This mean machine can be quite difficult to track. We built a helicopter-borne system that measured the ionization of water droplets above a submarine. |
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Electronic Game
Board System: US Patent 3654392 An automated electronic system for the remote communication and display of chess or other board game moves in real time via a voice-grade telephone line. |
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Electronic Drawing
Boards: GE Genigraphics built a $500,000 electronic drawing board. 35mm Express was a $300 software program that was equally productive. These drawing boards were forerunners of Freelance and PowerPoint. |
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Remote Control Model
Boat Fleet: Built a fleet of RC boats and sailed them around the US and Europe. |
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Drawing caricatures
in blues saloons: You can find the most soulful looking people hanging out at the Cantab. |
