Expeditions
Projects / Devices
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Dissertation Music Video
One of the main Side projects for my 2014 tenure in the rainforest will be to shoot a music video which somehow shares the thesis of my PhD research. I was enthralled when I first started my PhD three years ago and Dr. Becky Arundale pointed me to the “Dance Your PhD project.” I knew…
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Arboreal Ant Sensor: Main Project Summer 2014
Background: Funding After a couple years of trying to pitch lofty, abstract concepts for funding from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, I changed up my strategy with great success! I went from rejected proposals such as “Give me money so we can do large scale exploratory performances with crazy technology in the jungle so that…
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Input / Output Examples
In June 2013 I held a small workshop to demonstrate simple devices that scientists could use in the field for sensing or acting within environments. [display-posts tag=”currentprojects” include_excerpt=”true” image_size=”thumbnail” wrapper=”div”]
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Bio-Inspired Design
In Fall 2012 I was able to join Georgia Tech’s Center for Biologically Inspired Design to participate in their interdisciplinary course. The experimental class brings together biologists, engineers and physical scientists who seek to facilitate research and education for innovative products and techniques based on biologically-inspired design solutions. The participants of CBID believe that science…
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Ants Secret Code – Reveal
Earlier, I posted a video of leafcutter ants claiming that it contained a secret code. Well it’s true! Here’s how to crack the code, and how I encoded my messages in the first place. Deciphering The astute observer may take note that the ants carrying leaves only travel in one direction (towards the nest). In…
Performances
The Dissertation
Coming August 2015!