Public Invention

The Humanitarian Engineering Response to the Pandemic: The New Year’s Mid-game

Mission of Public Invention, 2.0

The Mission of Public Invention is to “Invent in the public, for the public.”

We invent things that help all people. We empower inventors, technologists, and students to publish, find, and…

Public Invention: Mission Statement, 2018

Invent things that help humanity.

Please see below for an explanation of why the mission statement is being published at this time. If this mission statement appeals to you and you would like to learn more…

Trip Report from “Meshing with Data” Hackathon 2018, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

Summer Projects 2018

3D Printing of Tetrahelices and Related Designs — easy

Soon, I leave for Puerto Rico…with bags full of water filters and solar panels

I am not a relief worker. They say one should never self-deploy in disasters. Nonetheless, when neglect extends a disaster for months, I think a certain personal hair-on-fire urgency is called…

Project #33: 3D Print Soft Robotics with PVA Molds filled with Silicone

Lately there has been a lot of interest in soft robotics. These tend to use pneumatics or hydraulics in fluid-tight chambers which change shape based on pressure.

Summer Projects, 2017

I recently had the pleasure of participating in the “CURM”, the Convention for Unconventional Robotic Movement, hosted at the University of Texas at Austin, where I demoed the latest version of the Glussbot.