Awesome.Tech : Advanced Arduino projects
Maker Faire Bay Area 2017
MAKERS
Paul deGroot
BSc in electronics engineering but working as a Business Architect. Orginally from the Netherlands but migrated to Australia after working on a telco project in 1998 which send him to Sydney. Paul loves to tinker with electronics, hardware and softwa
Daniel Collins
Trained as an electrical engineer, Dan enjoys experimenting, learning and developing inspiring science and technology projects. He favours Arduino for its simplicity and wide adoption.
Josephine Collins
Blue ribbon Makerfaire winner, Josephine is a student interested in science. The particle accelerator was inspired by her year 7 high school science assignment
Awesome.Tech brings advanced open source projects to makers: a Personal Particle Accelerator as the ultimate science project (Blue ribbon winner at the Makerfaire!), and a new drop in laser controller bringing affordable precision to home laser cutte
What inspired you to make this project?:
Dan's daughter Josephine (12 y.o. at the time) ambitiously sought to make a (LHC) particle accelerator as a school project. We worked on it for six months, and succeeded with outstanding feedback. Now, after several years of refinement, we have a maker friendly DIY kit so everyone can enjoy the fun.
Paul used his passion for fabrication to design a superior open source laser controller for cutting and etching, doing away with the frustrations and limitations of poorly designed proprietary controller that came with his cheap laser cutter.
