Nilijenga

Trans (Swahili): I built

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Universal CompassJun 7, 2025
A universal compass that can point to the Moon, Shah's Halal Food, Polaris, and any other location you can name
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Water Mass MeasurementMay 12, 2025
For 2.75, designed a 1mg precision water mass measurement mechanism for use in a continuous lyophilizer
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Real Life Mario Karts for AMPApr 30, 2025
With some friends, built a set of real life mario karts for AMP's youtube channel in just two weeks
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Teaching Fabrication in BarcelonaJan 28, 2025
Through MIT GTL, taught high school students how to use laser cutters, 3D printers, CAD, and code to make their ideas real.
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Automated DominosDec 15, 2024
Designed an automated robotic manipulation process to set up a pile of dominos into an arbitrary pattern
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Contact (MIT 2.009)Dec 9, 2024
Built a device to attach to a child's bike helmet, so that when the child crashes, the parent is alerted
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Walk Across Rhode IslandOct 13, 2024
Organized 146 people to walk across all of Rhode Island, raised $11,365 for charity
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Oribital SimulatorJun 24, 2024
Built an orbital sim for satellite orbit design and visualization with spherical harmonic gravity.
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MIT MakerspaceMay 24, 2024
Fully built out New Vassar's Makerspace at MIT. $30,000 budget spent on some pretty cool stuff
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Gas Engine Powered WinchMay 21, 2024
Welded up a gas engine to a winch to pull friends and I around on snowboard, skateboards, and makeshift boogie boards
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Experiments on Steel HardeningMay 17, 2024
Experimented to see the effect various quenching temperatures and carbon content have on steel hardness
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Automated Etch-a-SketchMay 14, 2024
An automated Etch-a-Sketch that can draw arbitrary inputs from the user
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Teaching Robotics in ItalyJan 28, 2024
Taught robotics, arduino, and basic electronics to high school students in Italy through MIT's Global Teaching Labs
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Machine Learning Magnet LevitationDec 13, 2023
Levitated a magnetic ball using PPO reinforcement learning model in a 3D space simulation
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MIT Class Competition RobotMay 16, 2023
Double four bar linkage, a scavenged drill motor, and complete custom fabrication, all built in record time
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Line Following RobotDec 18, 2022
Little line following robot built for a class competition, used light sensors and clever software to get a winning position.
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3DoF Stewart Platform HexagonsDec 18, 2022
A series of individual hexagon stewart platforms that can created waves and ripples when tiled together
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Maze Solving RobotDec 10, 2022
Using an ultrasonic distance sensor, some wheel encoders, and an IMU, this robot can solve any maze you present to it
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This WebsiteSep 23, 2022
Coded this website you're looking at now :)
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Captive BallAug 20, 2022
Made a couple of these simple little trinkets using steam bent walnut and a 1" steel ball. I'm rather fond of them
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TricopterMay 5, 2022
Went overboard for a final project for MIT's 2.00A class and built a drone with one less motor
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Planter BoxesMar 26, 2022
Made two large planter boxes for a friend. Cedar
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Autonomous Racing CarJan 28, 2022
Took RACER class during January 2022, built autonomous racing car using vision based on OpenCV
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Keepsake Box Dec 28, 2021
Inspired by the Japanese Kumiko design, I made this continuous grain keepsake box.
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OSB: SculptureDec 4, 2021
Using the ugliest material known to man, OSB, I made a wavy sculpture-y thing cut on the ShopBot CNC
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Casting a waveNov 3, 2021
It would be cooler if the function was more complex, but I made a damped sine wave out of ceramic
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First PCBOct 27, 2021
My first ever PCB, which I organized in the same layout as a human brain.
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Photogrammetry and 3D PrintingOct 6, 2021
I 3D scan a chicken statue, texture it, stick it in a dodecahedron, and then PRINT it. Technology these days huh?
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Vinyl and Laser CuttingSep 22, 2021
Made a cardboard katana on the laser cutter and a set of origami cubes on a vinyl cutter
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ULA Student Payload Challenge 2021Jul 17, 2021
Built rover to remotely collect and sample soil after being deployed from rocket
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Project BoomJul 1, 2021
Worked on preliminary afterburner design for the world's first student built supersonic unmanned jet
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DroneJun 10, 2021
One version of many drones, this one features a gimbal for head tracking FPV goggles
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Japanese LampJun 2, 2021
For my japanese teacher in high school, made this traditional japanese styled lamp
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Thin Blue LieApr 10, 2021
Built a website and database to archive and display crowd sourced police misconduct data
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Recurve Bow and its many iterationsNov 26, 2020
A culmination of many designs, this bubinga and white oak three piece recurve bow is a beaut
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Chain ShelvesMay 20, 2020
Needed to fill a space in my bedroom, designed these cool hickory shelves suspended by a chain
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Windowsill Planter BoxJul 21, 2019
For growing herbs, flowers, and small plants. Uses Walnut, Maple, and Plywood
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Medal RackJul 19, 2019
A gift for my mother to display her medals. Used Bubinga and Oak in a simple design
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ULA Student Payload Challenge 2019Jul 16, 2019
Built a collapsible 3D-printed FPV drone to be launched out of a rocket at 5,000 ft
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Spice-RackMay 18, 2018
A place to store spices within easy reach
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Wine Glass RackNov 4, 2017
One of my more favorite designs, simple geometric assembly of hickory, walnut, and aluminium to hold wine glasses
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FoundryMay 1, 2016
Different color soda cans make different colors when you melt them down into aluminium stock