Slant Robotics

I have formed a new branch of Slant Concepts...Slant Robotics. The "Jerry" Project is going to become an official product. Jerry is now being built in Nampa, Idaho with a projected reveal of a finished product at the end of April. Jerry is going to be the home robot that everyone has imagined.

Be sure to follow the project of Twitter or Facebook.

Illusion Tee-Shirt - Because I Can

I was taking a cognitive psychology class. In class we were running through all kinds of illusions. I wondered if there were any shirts out there with good illusions on them, I mean they would be great conversations starters, right. I couldn't find a tee-shirt with an illusion. So I thought I would make a few.

I discovered TeeSpring, which is awesome because it is a new platform and was fun to just try out. I chose the Rabbit-Duck illusion for the first tee-shirt, because it was quick and already set for black and white.

This was a project that literally took less than an hour to do. There is now a Rabbit-Duck illusion t-shirt in the world.

The Space Economy Book

I finally collected all of the essays I wrote, along with Dan Hermes, into a book. "The Space Economy" is on Kindle and will be available in print. It is my little contribution to the industry until I start building hardware for it.

The Space Economy on Amazon

My Tedx Talk

I was recently invited to give a Tedx Talk at my university. I ended up giving almost two talks in one. The first has part of the talk deals with how problem solving by humans is obsolete and inefficient. The second part deals with how if humans are not meant to be solely problem solvers what good are we and what is our secret sauce that will allow us to remain relevant?

Slant Concepts

Slant is the reincarnated version of Universal Mechanisms. While still basically in development we are operating with what we have.

Slant is a product micro-production and development firm. We focus on the creation of a quantity of ideas instead of a quantity of product units. Meaning we like to try one thing and if it doesn't work we move on to the next. Instead of working to develop the "One-Hit Wonder" of products we work to create good products for niche markets. We are the opposite of the mass production model.

Since Slant is based on micro-production we focus on the creation of products that can be stored digitally, which eliminates the need to store physical inventory. This means that we do a lot of 3-D printing and self-publishing. Something is made when it is purchased.

I currently run Slant alone from a dorm room. But when I need help I bring in friends and free-lancers. I suppose that 'we' is really just the rolodex of people that have helped when Slant was UniMech and will be helping with the development of Slant in the future.

Launch

Launch is a student-run incubator that I am starting on the ERAU Prescott campus.

The Talking Pancake

www.thetalkingpancake.com

The Talking Pancake is an online custom pancake business that I am working to get off of the ground. People will be able to go to the site and construct their mixes from my list of ingredients. Below was our pitch video. While I failed on Indiegogo to get funding I have moved to an Etsy store that will get me rolling for less capitol

Three Minute Classes

This is an Youtube education series where I took any topic and create a three minute informational video about it. In this way people are able to get information fed to them in a visual manner quickly and easily. I did videos on topics ranging from chess to American History.

YouTube Video

Club "Innovation"

This was a club that I started Freshmen Year at Embry-Riddle that was intended to be a lot like Benjamin Franklin's Junto. It would be a group of like-minded people that would be able to meet and share and pursue ideas  that they as individuals couldn't do. It was meant to be a way to pool resources and be able to allow people to make their ideas a reality.

While to me it was a good idea it just didn't get the response that it needed to continue. This was partially my fault because I didn't have crystal clear direction for the club and screwed up how it was supposed to operate. But there was also just a limit of interest from the student body that made it difficult for it to be a worthwhile use of my time. But with that said, if I have time again and a few more friends that would be willing to help with it I would start it back up again.

Universal Mechanisms LLC

Universal Mechanisms is the parent company to many of my other ventures that are business related. We focus on innovative concepts in engineering, design and business.

UniMech was originally a robotics company based on the modular, Model R hobby platform, but quickly morphed into a more general product design firm.

UniMech was shut down in 2014 in order to be rebranded as Slant Concepts.