Treehouse
My dad and I built a treehouse on my parent’s property during my sabbatical.
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Brett van Zuiden
- I work as a CIO at Summit Public Schools.
- I used to work at Clever & Outschool
- Contact me at brettcvz@gmail.com
I like building all sorts of things, mostly to play around with concepts I think are interesting or solve some small need.
UpNext
I used a Raspberry Pi and an ePaper display to make a subtle, unobtrusive digital desktop calendar. The code is available on github.
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Internet Radio
I put a computer in a vintage vacuum-tube radio to combine modern streaming with the sound and feel of listening to the radio in the 1930s.
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SoundByte
I put a computer and an RFID reader inside of a battery powered speaker. The result is a portable, programmable, internet-connected music box with a uniquely physical interface.
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Exploring Epicycles
Some random musings on gears led me down the path of exploring epicycles, the math behind them, and whether they could be used to draw arbitrary shapes. I wrote up my findings and put them together into an interactive demo.
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Uber Button
I took a Staples Easy Button, gutted it and put an Electric Imp inside of it so that I could press a big red button and call an uber to my house.
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Personal Dashboard
I wasn't thrilled with the preset capabilities of the Wink Nimbus, so I wrangled a few APIs together to get a glanceable view of local transit, the weather, and my finances. The code is available on github.
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