Author: kivamccr.xyz
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Anime Render Test
I really wanted to learn how to do stylized city scenes after watching some random anime movie. So I first tried learning how to convert real world photos to 3D using perspective matching, however in the end I just started 3D modeling the scene. Threw on some anime shaders, read through the US Department of…
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Room Irrigation System
The first iteration of the system was in my college dorm room. A bucket of water, a Arduino, a relay, a pump, and some tubing. Benefits were never having to water my plants, downside was having to refill the water. So my second crack at the system is integrated with the water main, and uses…
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Lidar 3D Scanner
This was my final project for my Intro to Photonics class. It’s a lidar 3D scanner, based off an Arduino, a TFT display, a servo, and laser distance sensor. The servo scans through the room recording spherical coordinates, I then convert those measurements to cylindrical, and “unfurl it”. This is by taking into account the…
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Spun Epoxy Mirror
Making parabolic mirrors is hard. Spinning mirrors out of epoxy has been long researched and abandoned. However I’m stubborn so I attempted it regardless. The results were surprisingly high quality for the worst possible manufacturing contexts: pottery wheel, no degassing, not covered or in vacuum, random un-tuned epoxy. Below is a program I wrote to…
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Topographic Map II
This topographic map displays the finger lakes, and general Ithaca area. It was produced the same way as the original. First I downloaded a height map of the region, then put that into blender and used color ramps to slice the map, finally it was vectorized. To that file I overlayed GIS street and location…
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Cat Laser
After Intro to Photonics I repurposed the Lidar to do the reverse. First it used the distance sensor to figure out how far away the wall was and then plotted spirals on the wall using a regular laser. The system switched between a few different shapes and speeds. One time our cat decided he had…
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Crochet Earwarmer
I’ve been learning how to crochet so this was just a little quick project for funsies.
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Ammonite Lamp
This was a present I designed for my mom. It’s modeled after an ammonite (prehistoric creature) and the lightbulb is held by its tentacles. It was first modeled and rendered in SolidWorks, and then laser cut.
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Diving Helmet
Throughout my childhood I was fascinated with building diving helmets. It’s kinda the perfect strat, you get to be underwater, breathing, no fancy equipment, and you can just go up to refill it. The above design was my 7th grade science fair project, trying to figure out what configuration of weights was the most balanced.…