AJ Barse : Digital Alchemy

Category: Tech Research

  • “India” (WWU Sculpture 3D scan)

    “India” (WWU Sculpture 3D scan)

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    In working with a student from large lecture art class, whom are scanning the sculptures across our camps, we ran into a few snags scanning “India.” The iSense scanner had a hard time with initiating the scan of this sculpture due to its flat surfaces. And, I know have to investigate why the firmware can not take a…

  • A Technologist’s Tale as a Timelord

    A Technologist’s Tale as a Timelord

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    After over four months of design, researching, importing parts, and collaborating with a local leather works show; this prototype “Bellingham Bay” PNW built, Swiss movement watch is finished! I am a watch nerd. A horologist. A tinkerer. And yet, a technologist. When I set out on this project, I wanted to take a geek’s approach to building…

  • Journey as a Timelord; Part 4

    Journey as a Timelord; Part 4

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    Finally! Three click springs later, I was able to reassemble the SW200 movement and wind (and set) the crown stem! Next order of business; using the M3 X .35 Tap to bore out the crown tube hole and set threads to take a Rolex style (7mm) screw down crown tube. Making sure the tap was…

  • Working prototype of the “Bellingham Bay”

    Working prototype of the “Bellingham Bay”

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    After setting the hands on the dial (and figuring out the trick to setting the second hand), and pushing in the winding stem, it came to life! The Bellingham Bay is based off the classical Tudor Heritage Black Bay watch in case, bezel, and snowflake hands. The dial I had originally designed to have laser etched,…

  • Journey of a Micro-Maker

    Journey of a Micro-Maker

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      What would it take to make a “Northwest Built” Swiss watch? I don’t know, but working on finding out. Taking the traditional “geek in the garage” approach of building something, I wonder if I could build something so small and percise using “off the shelf” parts. After quite a bit of research and finding…

  • BPM Tech: Episode 6.5 (in Spokane from WSHEC 2016)

    BPM Tech: Episode 6.5 (in Spokane from WSHEC 2016)

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    BPM records live on location at the Davenport Grand hotel on the east-side of the state of Washington at the 2016 Building Bridges educational technology conference. Chris and I both present at this conference that brought in 373 attendees from 62 different institutions of higher education. www.buildingbridgeswatech.com *Conference Tech bingo: What we see on or with…

  • GIF: Separating Layers in Affinity

    GIF: Separating Layers in Affinity

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  • Insert Coin: WordPress for WWU

    Insert Coin: WordPress for WWU

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    Later today I’ll be presenting at the Learning Technologies Group on ideas on ,and how to started with; WordPress for WWU. For an example of a WWU class that used WordPress see previous post: https://wp.wwu.edu/aj.barse/2016/03/10/ios-wordpress-health-ed-and-promotions/ Resources for ePortfolios with Campus Press Join AJ Barse, ATUS, to learn about the potential of WordPress for WWU, now available for…

  • Creative Commons Docs for 3D curriculum

    Creative Commons Docs for 3D curriculum

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    The STC is trying to contribute to the Creative Commons with documentation from our workshops on 3D making. In doing so, I’m learning about the “wiki” community; which can be a bit tough. In creating a page for the STC and uploading our documents, the page has been flagged by mods (I am presuming) and…