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rebecca-mc
Oct 21, 20171 min read
Magnetic Levitation Control System and PCB
As part of an independent study arrangement my senior year of high school, I built a PID controlled magnetic levitation system on...
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rebecca-mc
Mar 18, 20171 min read
Playing a French Horn via Raspberry Pi
I am working on an electromechanical device to help a friend with muscular dystrophy play the French horn. Because she has little finger...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 15, 20171 min read
LEGO Barcode Sorter
I built this conveyor belt system at LEGO Mindstorms Advanced Robotics Camp at Penn State, using the EV3 Educational Platform. At the end...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 14, 20171 min read
Marble Robot
This is an autonomous marble sorter that aims to separate marbles of different materials. I wrote code in RobotC to control many servo...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 13, 20171 min read
Novel Popsicle Stick Design
These are the parts to my popsicle stick that I 3D printed at Lehigh University's Summer Engineering Institute. Users place a popsicle in...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 12, 20171 min read
Magnetic Levitation Concept Development
Levitation has always fascinated me. Earnshaw’s theorem states that magnetic levitation is impossible without specific control devices,...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 11, 20171 min read
Nuclear Fusion Research
This poster summarizes my team's research last summer at Lehigh University on the feasibility of nuclear fusion as an energy source. We...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 10, 20171 min read
Calculator Code
One day in tenth grade, as I waited for the rest of my calculus class to finish a test I spotted a mysterious button on my calculator...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 9, 20171 min read
Winch
This is a winch system that I designed. The user turns the handle (1), thereby turning the wormgear (2) because they are on the same...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 8, 20171 min read
7 Segment Counter Circuit
This is a circuit I made on a breadboard that counts from 2 to 6 repeatedly. It uses NAND ICs and a seven segment display. Each segment...
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rebecca-mc
Jan 7, 20171 min read
Boe Bot with Obstacle Avoidance
This "Boe Bot" robot autonomously avoids obstacles by implementing a simple roaming feature. It has two whisker-like touch sensors on its...
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