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Basic Info
== Basic Info ==
* Dan Benamy
* NY
* Audrey Rampone, Technical Community Manager, has my contact info. I'd rather not post it here.
* I am over 18.


TODO:
[[File:Dan Benamy.jpg|200px]]
When would you be available for a Dedicated Project Visit and for what duration?
 
Please attach a resume or provide a list of work / volunteer experience and education.
I'm Dan Benamy from NY, USA.
Please include a photo of yourself.
 
Please submit a 1-2 minute video introduction regarding your interest in applying. This is a video-of-interest (VOI) and it must include: (1) Name and country where you are located, (2) why you are interested in applying; (3) what you would like to contribute to our effort and relevant skill set that will help you do that; (4) what are you hoping to get out of your visit? Please upload this video to a public video sharing site such as YouTube or OpenPhoto.
== Video of Interest ==
Are you willing to publish all the results of your work openly according to the OSE Open IP Guidelines?
 
Do you have resources to support yourself while volunteering with us?
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Do you have sample work that you could upload and/or share via email? (ie. projects, designs, technical writing, graphic designs, videos, etc).
 
Are there skills/expertise you hope to gain while a DPV at FeF?
== Sample Work ==
Please provide three (3) references (professional or educational). Contact information for references can be uploaded with the application, resume, or emailed directly to the Technical Community Manager: TechCommunity@opensourceecology.org.
 
How did you hear about OSE and the DPV opportunity?
=== Jackbot ===
Do you have any other concerns or considerations? (May be emailed separately)
A robotic road following car that drives itself.
 
* Main control software, including simple vision algorithm, written in Python.
* One microcontroller was a Basic Stamp with software written in PBASIC.
* The second microcontroller was a custom board based on an Atmel AVR with software written in C. I designed the PCB using Eagle, fabricated it with a friend, and soldered on the parts myself.
 
You can get an overview at https://www.assembla.com/spaces/jackbot/wiki/Home and there's some design documentation in the wiki pages linked from that page (nav bar on the left).
 
=== Hand Made Log Cabin ===
I'm not quite done building a very rustic log cabin, almost entirely with hand tools.
 
[[File:2013-08-17.JPG|500px]]
 
=== PR2 Sushi ===
Making the PR2 robot set a table and clean up.
 
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnfJUPz6__M
 
I wrote some pretty neat python, mostly high level control logic and integration, but I'm not sure where it is.
 
=== Turtle feeder ===
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOg0jZJhZNU
 
It uses an Arduino and some motors I had lying around. It's quick and dirty, but gets the job done.
 
=== Hardware accelerated ray tracer using an FPGA ===
 
Project home page: https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/hwraytracer
 
This was a cool project with decent documentation although I didn't love some of the documentation that my teammates wrote.
 
== Skills and Expertise I Hope to Gain ==
I'd love to learn any or all of:
* Economics and theory of society that OSE hopes to enable to give people more free time and more freedom.
* Machining parts (eg cutting, welding, etc).
* More assorted construction skills.
* General engineering processes and skills, like making detailed designs.
* Maybe about meta-engineering (how you're designing processes to run the project smoothly and scale).
 
== Work and Volunteer Experience ==
* Software Developer at Red Hat
* Sysadmin at Columbia University
* Teaching Assistant at Columbia University
* Web Developer at NY Public Radio
* Guest robotics teacher for elementary school
* Web & Messaging Developer at Mobile Commons
* Visiting Robotic Developer at Willow Garage
 
== Availability ==
[[Dedicated Project Visits | The wiki]] says many DPV are a month, and that works for me. I was thinking that October would be a good time. I'm somewhat flexible on scheduling though.
 
== I'm Kosher ==
* I'm over 18.
* I'm willing to publish all the results of my work openly according to the OSE Open IP Guidelines.
* I have the resources to support myself while volunteering.
 
== Source ==
I don't remember how I first heard about OSE. Maybe Marcin's TED talk.

Latest revision as of 02:00, 7 April 2014

Basic Info

Dan Benamy.jpg

I'm Dan Benamy from NY, USA.

Video of Interest

http://img.youtube.com/vi/8a1hTYLCW50/default.jpg

Sample Work

Jackbot

A robotic road following car that drives itself.

  • Main control software, including simple vision algorithm, written in Python.
  • One microcontroller was a Basic Stamp with software written in PBASIC.
  • The second microcontroller was a custom board based on an Atmel AVR with software written in C. I designed the PCB using Eagle, fabricated it with a friend, and soldered on the parts myself.

You can get an overview at https://www.assembla.com/spaces/jackbot/wiki/Home and there's some design documentation in the wiki pages linked from that page (nav bar on the left).

Hand Made Log Cabin

I'm not quite done building a very rustic log cabin, almost entirely with hand tools.

2013-08-17.JPG

PR2 Sushi

Making the PR2 robot set a table and clean up.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnfJUPz6__M

I wrote some pretty neat python, mostly high level control logic and integration, but I'm not sure where it is.

Turtle feeder

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOg0jZJhZNU

It uses an Arduino and some motors I had lying around. It's quick and dirty, but gets the job done.

Hardware accelerated ray tracer using an FPGA

Project home page: https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/hwraytracer

This was a cool project with decent documentation although I didn't love some of the documentation that my teammates wrote.

Skills and Expertise I Hope to Gain

I'd love to learn any or all of:

  • Economics and theory of society that OSE hopes to enable to give people more free time and more freedom.
  • Machining parts (eg cutting, welding, etc).
  • More assorted construction skills.
  • General engineering processes and skills, like making detailed designs.
  • Maybe about meta-engineering (how you're designing processes to run the project smoothly and scale).

Work and Volunteer Experience

  • Software Developer at Red Hat
  • Sysadmin at Columbia University
  • Teaching Assistant at Columbia University
  • Web Developer at NY Public Radio
  • Guest robotics teacher for elementary school
  • Web & Messaging Developer at Mobile Commons
  • Visiting Robotic Developer at Willow Garage

Availability

The wiki says many DPV are a month, and that works for me. I was thinking that October would be a good time. I'm somewhat flexible on scheduling though.

I'm Kosher

  • I'm over 18.
  • I'm willing to publish all the results of my work openly according to the OSE Open IP Guidelines.
  • I have the resources to support myself while volunteering.

Source

I don't remember how I first heard about OSE. Maybe Marcin's TED talk.

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