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	Tom Owens	How to Make ^almostAnything MAS863 \| Fall 2005
	Tom Owens	How to Make ^almostAnything MAS863 \| Fall 2005
9/26 Assignment CAD		INTRO Hello, my name is Tom Owens and I am one of 23 National Security Fellows at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government for the AY 05-06. My research is focused on Homeland Security and the role of military support to civil authorities during the response to national incidents. BACKGROUND Most of my Electrical Engineering experience is quite dated. After graduating from Cornell in '84, I worked for Motorola in Austin for a year. I primarily worked in the Advanced Products R&D Lab which shared space in the MOS-8 Fab. In 1985, I joined the NY Air National Guard to become a pilot. Prior to coming to Cambridge, I was flying the F16 in Syracuse, NY. I have experience in home building and simple CAD design. Just recently we added an addition to our '91 post & beam timber-frame home in NY. The Media Lab has been an interest of mine for a long while and wearable computing is what initially attracted me to following the Lab's research. FabLabs focus on building things that can make the world a much better place is what captured my curiosity and interest in this course. I am very excited about How to Make (almost) Anything! 1st Weeks Difficult to knock off the rust, have not typed "mkdir" in a long time. I chose to try Blender rather than digging out TurboCAD which I had used in designing our house. This is taking some time. 9/26 Assignment CAD Render/Animate a final project DERFID User controlled – Disable/EnableRFID transponder for short term use Organizational Controlled Self Destruct Options at pre-determined date/time Objective: To provide family or group identity, location and tracking during incidence response while protecting privacy. Balance privacy concerns with the great utility of RFID in situations such as Hurricane Relief. These devices are intended for a specific incident and are thus designed to “self destruct” at a predetermined date or bio-degrade over a reasonable time period. One function that gathers much attention is the ability to disable the device. This is usually a destructive function. I propose they have the ability to be enabled and disabled at the desire of the individual (with a childproof design perhaps). Standard Device Designs: Wristband devices 1st Assignment Rendering of the DERFID: Animation of DERFID: Other potential designs: Business card / Sticker device Keychain / jewelry device Tattoo design or hypo-allergetic skin print
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