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Protoman
aka: J. D. Johnson
ObjectsUnlimited (at) Gmail (dot) com
Interests
Mechanical Design
- CNC machines (Open source)
- Flying Apparatus, specifically helicopters
- Wind Turbines ( open source, small scale)
Built Environment
- Alternative construction Methods, ( SIP's, Lightweight concrete and airforms.)
- Green materials acquisition and reuse ( primarily industrial refuse)
- Geodesic/Monolithic structures
Farming
- Traditional Farming
- Aquaponics
- Urban Farming
Proficiencies
- Welding ( Stick and MIG )
- Sketch Up
- Manual Machining
- Electronics Disassembly
- General Fabrication
- Rough and Finish Carpentry
- Patent Searching
About
- Born: Salt Lake City, Utah 1976
- Philadelphia area resident since 1998
- Card carrying member of Patent Library in D.C.
- Aircraft Co. Facilities Manager
Links
Philadelphia
- gridphilly.com
- habitatphiladelphia.org/node/102 Philadelphia Habitat for Humanity ReStore. Used or surplus materials
- greensgrow.org Mary and Greensgrow are doing their best to make good food accessible to the community.
- groups.google.com/group/pufn Philadelphia Urban Farm Network. A group of local urban farmers working together to promote farming in Philadelphias Urban landscape.
- makephilly.com A local offshoot of the MAKE magazine community
- asoi.org The American Society of Inventors (Yes, In Philadelphia!)
- nikolateslainventorsclub.com A local group of Tesla-centric inventors
Regional
- northeastrecycle.com A little recycling place in Syracuse, NY I like to frequent. The owner has invented a machine and process that revolves around a 100% efficient, and completely responsible way of recycling computers. I have toured their shop and would like to see something like this come to Philly. (STAN!)
- helicoptermuseum.org Located in West Chester, PA the AHMEC is a great place to take kids as well as do serious research or explore vertical flight. ( I volunteer for this org.)
World
- arduino.cc A nice little microcontroller package for inventing and controlling things. Also has a huge following in the DIY and Inventors world
- diydrones.com DIY Drones using Arduino