Expanding Objects

In Freshman Fall I took a class with visiting professor Chuck Hoberman called Mechanical Invention Through Computation. I worked with Nadya Peek and James Coleman to build an expanding kite based on a tetrahedral design by Alexander Graham Bell. We also worked on a project that lets people design expanding objects on an iPad and instantly laser cut the parts.

  • Team: Nadya Peek, James Coleman
  • Year: 2013

Expanding Kite

Watch out for bandits!</img>
Watch out for bandits!


Nadya flies the kite / the kite flies Nadya.</img>
Nadya flies the kite / the kite flies Nadya.


Automated Expanding-Linkage Design Tool

I built an iPad app that lets users create expanding linkages like these:

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Draw out any shape on the iPad, and the laser cutter will automatically cut out parts for an expanding linkage.</img>
Draw out any shape on the iPad, and the laser cutter will automatically cut out parts for an expanding linkage.