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Zoom zoom. 2017 BMW M2 modified for safety and consistency during performance driving. A fun way to explore risk management where planning and meditation meet immediate fear and instinct.
Tested at Laguna Seca, Sonoma Raceway, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway and Buttonwillow Circuit.
Liquid-cooled workstation and gaming PC build. A fun project combining things that go bzzt with things that go whoosh.
Is it possible to share our experiences and stories more truly than the familiar media formats we all know and love? Is there a medium which could be more immersive? Perhaps closer to a direct embodied re-experience? First VR 360 camera prototype was built and tested over Spring Break 2015. Additional development was done in a Computational Photography class, CS534, and project funding from Garage Physics at UW-Madison.
In 2025, this answer evolved into a Stereoscopic 3D VR180 camera prototype to capture racetrack driving sessions (shown earlier) in attempt to convey the sense of speed and exhilaration. Additional information about VR180 media format here.
If you can dream it, you can build it... or perhaps it's more like, if you can CAD it, you can print it? Regardless, a fun project illustrating how mechanical, electrical and software elements can come together to create something interesting. Original 3D printer design and control software open-sourced by the RepRap community. Assembly, hardware calibration and firmware integration was hair-pulling at times, but it was all worth the struggle after the first successful prints. This was motivated as a support project for the VR camera development shown earlier.
Driven by a culmination of lighting techniques, photoshop and a play on perspective, Dreams is a photographical experiment of strange and surreal events.
An introspection about how our every-day decisions make more of an impact than we think. Tested low-light capabilities of CMOS video sensors and gimbals for camera stabilization.
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Configuration of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in astronomical cameras to measure ancient light from the origins of the universe and the Big Bang.
University of Wisconsin and Goddard Space Flight Center
Development of test automation software for geometric and photometric calibration of L16, a 16-lens fusion camera system with high-resolution imaging capabilities in a light-weight form-factor.
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Palo Alto, CA
hi, my name is felix.
it's interesting seeing how technology weaves itself into the human experience.
sometimes as invisible infrastructure quietly humming in the background,
other times as an expressive medium through which we share what it means to be human;
through sights, sounds, and all the other ways we know how to feel.
i like computers, photography and cars to name a few things.
i also like going on ethnic culinary adventures with friends, exploring new places and listening to people's stories.
thanks for dropping by. enjoy the journey.
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