Proof of Concept
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HTTP 418 (Proof of Concept)
If you’ve browsed the internet for a while, you’d prolly be familiar with the HTTP status code “404 Not found” but have you ever come across “418 I’m a teapot“? This code was an April Fool’s joke that got codified into the protocol and it inspired me to make a voice assistant in a teapot that only replies in HTTP status codes. Utah Teapot The choice of teapot models to use had only one obvious answer. The Utah teapot is a standard reference test model used in 3D modelling and is used as an in-joke in the computer graphics community.…
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Blowback Portal Gun (Proof of Concept)
As far as I know, no one has ever attempted to create an Aperture Science Quantum Tunneling Device (The Portal Gun from Portal) with a blowback mechanism. So I created a very rough prototype to remedy this. Static of the Field There are plenty of recreations of the iconic item from Valve‘s masterpiece ranging from the official Neca Replica, to handmade props to 3D printed designs. Most designs include lights and sounds operated with toggles or tactile switches. However, all of them are static and do not move when firing. Personally, I find that the lack of tactile feedback makes…
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4D Glasses (Proof of Concept)
I invented (as far as I’m aware) a way to make glasses that let you see a 4 dimensional object in a 2 dimensional image. This project is about an unsuccessful prototype I made. Anaglyph 3D Bullies were different in the 1950’s The classic red and cyan 3D glasses we’ve been wearing since 1853 (you read that correctly) uses a technology called anaglyphs. Humans use binocular (2 eyes) vision where each eye receives a slightly offset image which is perceived by the brain as a single 3D image with depth. The illusion of depth can be created through stereoscopy; each…