All posts by Darcy

Squirrel Appears at the Ottawa Inventors Association

Outreach

I gave a presentation last Wednesday at the Inventors Association.

I covered a bit about the Squirrel, how it evolved and the fun of making in general.

The inventors community at large (and specifically the Inventors Association of Ottawa) are very much into secrecy and “protection” of ideas. It’s clear to me that this will make it nearly impossible to succeed.

So I emphasized the notion of sharing instead. I gave a few examples of how sharing helped with the Squirrel project. Also how it is working for newer projects such as Dayton and my Drawing Robots projects.

Pin It

Squirrel and Dayton Appear at 3D Print-A-Thon

Experimental, Gallery, Outreach,

There has been a lot of hype about 3D printers in media over the past while. Of course the Squirrel Project has a couple of 3D printers so was invited to the Ottawa 3D Print-A-Thon. The event was very successful. I presented the idea of using 3D printers to perfect the propellers. Of course many fans of the Squirrel Project showed up and a couple of keen kids made a couple planes. I cooked up a Dayton myself.

Pin It