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Mike North, PhDmake the impossible, tell the story
• Walking/dancing/rollerblading 170lb robot for the finale of the CEO of Intel’s IDF 2015 keynote
• 6 carbon fiber legs with 3D printed shrouds
• Designed and built in 9 weeks • Integrated Core i7 processor, 6
Edisons, RealSense Camera
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Intel wanted to created a human scale 6 legged spider robot to go on stage with their CEO. North assembled an international team and delivered a fully functional robot that Intel called a huge success.
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• 3D Printed Internet of Things Cast • Accelerometer, Gyroscope,
Magnetometer • Integrated Pressure Sensors • Intel Edison with Wifi and Bluetooth • Arduino Controlled LEDs • Firebase Cloud Service • Integrated Soundsystem
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• CTO of Nukotoys, Silicon Valley’s Toy Company • Prototypes for handheld controllers of Unity 3D
games with integrated RFID readers • Trading cards with integrated metal pattern for
touch screen ID • Trading cards sold in Apple Stores
• Animal Planet • Monsterology • Cryptids • MP429
Game Videos
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! • Primetime Discovery Show • Co-host/designer/engineer/
builder/technical producer • Developed show concept • Built/set-design for “secret”
workshop in San Francisco • Created think tank for “inventing
the future.” • Formed partnerships &
interfaced with leading experts • Developed conceptual and
engineering designs • Co-fabricated prototypes
(welding, carbon fiber, machining, 3D printing, laser cutting, etc.)
Slide 61
Michael-Fabricated Gecko-Fabricated
• Nanofabricated adhesive mimicking the gecko.
• Adhesive turned on and off electronically.
• Structures 1,000 X smaller than a human hair.
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• Dr. North’s PhD dissertation • 7 peer reviewed publications • 12 speaking engagements • Created $10M in research funding
DIS
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DIG
ITAL • Technology/travel show
• Showcasing/explaining the latest in innovation and technology from around the world
• Developed for Discovery Digital • 3-5 minute episodes
• Themes: • 3D Printing • Drones • Humanitarian Innovation • Transportation • Food • Health
SCIE
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• Science/entertainment show • 100M+ viewers world wide • Co-host/science expert
• Science Channel USA • Discovery International
UC
BER
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Y• Taught and developed the course
“Cooperative Innovation” • 3 hour interactive workshops by world
experts • “Reality Education” video production
• Developed solutions for low-resource communities
• Students traveled to India, Guatemala, and Tanzania
• Learned core skills of empathy, creativity, & storytelling
SAVE
TH
E IC
E• Combining adventure and activism to
raise awareness to climate change • Document high-profile adventures in
climate hotspots • Summits for entrepreneurs, millennials,
investors, and activists
• Converted a 1998 Volvo in a Viking Ship for raising awareness.
THE
ZERO
TH
EORE
M • Functional controller as the center piece for the movie The Zero Theorem
• 3D printed case • Slide switches connected to table using
conductive foam pass throughs • Developed in 2 weeks • Produced by Terry Gilliam, Monty
Python, Brazil, etc..
BOXI
NG
RO
BOTS
• 10 feet tall pneumatic robots • Player movements detected by
• Accelerometers in boxing gloves
• Optical glyph motion tracking
• Computer interprets player movements
• Sends signals to pneumatic manifold
• Robots punch the hell out of each other
6 LE
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ED A
TV
• Vehicle built in 4 weeks • NASA said legs alone would
take them 3 years and 3 million dollars to develop.
• Delivered legs in 2 weeks, all materials/labor donated
• Biomimetic ATV based on insects • Custom Chassis, Carbon Fiber
Legs, Battery Managements System, Fiber Optic Comms
SNAR
KS• Rapid Development Cycle Project • Idea to brand architecture to design to product
development to sales to manufacturing to delivery to customer in 3 days
• 3D printed sunglasses, SLS and SLA • Custom paint jobs • Huge buzz through influencer strategy
MIN
D C
ON
TRO
L• Remotely mind/mood controlled
demolition derby cars • EEG brainwave detection • Galvanic skin response • Heart rate variability
• More agitated the driver becomes, the worse the car performs.
• Treatment method for road rage
SLID
E SI
MU
LATO
R • Design your own water slide • Ride time unlimited • Spins, tilts, and moves up and down • 30 feet tall, 30,000 pounds
• Full physics simulation to determine person’s path down the slide
• Inputed into the hydraulic control system
• Built in 5 weeks
ELEC
TRIC
HO
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D • Fully battery electric • 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds • Independent production • In kind sponsors
• 225 kW motor • 440 V custom battery pack • Fiberglass race chassis
CLU
B FO
OT
BRAC
E • Brace for treating kids with clubfoot in developing countries
• 250,000 kids/year born with clubfoot • 3D printed prototype
Founded the nonprofit ReAllocate in 2009 pairing world class talent with real world problems.
UN
STEA
LABL
E BI
KE• Technology infused theft deterring bike • Apprehends/detains criminal locking
feet into pedals • Calls police with GPS location
• RFID detector • Accelerometer, GPS • Cellular connectivity • Brake/steering lock
mechanisms
3D P
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NE • Burning Man installation
• 3D body scan participants modified shipping container
• 3D print figurines in cleanroom container • Drone delivery to a tracking device given to
participant
• 17 years Burning Man • Co-founder of IDEATE,
Burning Man’s Technology Camp
3D P
RIN
T FI
REM
AN• 3D printed backpack containing all
firefighting gear • Based on a 3D scan of the firefighter’s
body • Heads-up display with thermal imaging
camera