ORS’s Liquid Explosives Scanner

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One Resonance Sensor's "Mobilab" is so sensitive it can rapidly distinguish the difference between innocuous fluids and liquid explosives within seconds.  Slightly tipping the opening toward the user for better visibility and physical access also helped the system have it's own unique look and feel, differentiating it from known kitchen appliances. The Mobilab has received ECAC Endorsement. No longer will you have to pour out that bottle of water or medicine before boarding an airplane. For more information go to:  detect-ors.com/products/mobilab-bls/  

M. Turner Brigantine Steering Quadrant

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Bronco Battlebot

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Bronco is the number two seed in the brutal robot war competition showing this summer on ABC. It's success has been its powerful piston kick using the floor as its ultimate counter lever, launching opponents 15 feet in the air resulting in their destruction on impact. It has been an absolute pleasure working with this team of devoted volunteers.  The last three years has been full of countless late nights debating armor configurations, battle strategies, material choices and the endless complexities involved in deflecting and delivering extremely destructive forces. Team Bronco: Reason Bradley -Director/Welder Alexander Rose -Director/Engineer Greg Staples -Mechanical Engineer Brad Sykes -Industrial Designer Scoutt Balchowsky -Mechanic Nolan Van Dine -Electrical Engineer Christopher Daniel -Machinist  

X-ray Image Processing Console

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After hours of usability study data collection on-site in airports, we developed a unique input device to satisfy the rigorous demands of the checkpoint context. This console is designed for complete tactile input allowing the user to keep their eyes on the x-ray images and their hands on the critical set of processing tools designed specifically to find contraband, explosives, and weapons. The unit is configurable, allowing flexibility of inputs and rapid servicing.    

X-Ray Diffraction System

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Safran's X-ray Diffraction technology is unique in it's ability to distinguish between explosive and innocuous materials that lie within the same density range, eliminating the need for physical searches within the airport check point. Safran's existing prototypes were too bulky and large for this context, defining the main challenge. Working closely with the German engineering team we minimized the detector array and x-ray tube gantry size, then reorganized the components into a manageable volume appropriate for the checkpoint concourse area. Using the eagle as an icon for aviation, the faceted sheet metal form also celebrates the physics of diffraction that are based on the ricochet of photons through molecular structures.  

CTX 9000 Computed Tomography Scanner

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Together with InVision Technologies and over one year in development, we created the largest aperture Computed Tomography (CT) scanner in the world. With over 600 deployed internationally, it is also their most successful product, and still in use today. The founders of InVision approached us with the desire for a "Cadillac of systems". We responded with large sliding access doors for the rotating gantry section and gull wing doors for the active curtain assemblies. The tri-modular design ensured easy shipping and visually broke up the large volume. The form takes it's muscle from military bunkers, tanks and vehicles while maintaining an architectural scale. Often behind the scenes within airports, it's aesthetic is more for the press it has received over the years, and has become an international icon for security.

Argus CT Scanner

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If the CTX 9000 is a Cadillac then the "Argus" is a Porsche. We stripped down everything but the essential technology to provide the same quality CT imaging for smaller airports and lobby concourse installations. The rolled steel tube triples as the tunnel, shear support, radiation shielding, and exterior, limiting the enclosures to the center scanner section only. This minimal approach resulted in the most affordable, and lightest CT scanner on the market. Complete with casters and sold with it's own motorized push cart, the system can be maneuvered into the smallest of environments by one person, eliminating the need for forklifts. Using ancient armour as a metaphor for security we sculpted shields into the vacuum formed gull wing doors, strategically placed LED bulbs and chrome key locks to emulate armours riveted details, and borrowed the ventilation grill pattern from gladiator masks to complete the statement.

Seteco F6 X-Ray Scanner

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The Italian producer of security systems approached us with the desire of an affordable system for use in international embassies, universities and government institutions. The privilege of traveling to Rome, working with their charismatic team, while learning Italian, made this project an absolute pleasure. We satisfied their aesthetic with simple, carefully proportioned geometry, subtle curves embracing the volume, careful use of stainless steel complimenting tinted polycarbonate arm guards and an LED lens banding the entire parameter. Engineering raised their dilemma of time consuming detector alignment with the x-ray tube. We responded by developing a system to reduce the flexibility of the gantry frame and limit the degrees of freedom, significantly reducing recurring FSE costs.

Downhill Skateboard

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This skateboard was designed with input from hundreds of Comet Skateboard's fans from the very esoteric downhill skateboarding community. The overwhelming request was for "double concave" and "excessive rocker". It took several prototypes and molds before we achieved the perfect recipe of subtle contours to satisfy a variety of foot sizes and of course, high speed, downhill riding styles. The result has been overwhelming amongst the community of daredevils.

Pneumatic Pole Saw

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Ronald Gatten's "Pneusaw" is longer and lighter, and more effective than any tree trimming pole saw on the market today. Thanks to an ingenious combination of patented valving, pistons, reciprocating blade and "limb stop", the Pnuesaw will finally allow anyone with an air compressor to trim branches 20 ft off the ground. After years of iterative prototyping on a shoe string budget we have achieved a usable product, with only a team of two. Patents pending, this product is coming soon to a dealer near you.

Charm Sandals

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Lucy Avraham, a talented entrepreneur, approached me with a concept for a sandal with removable, tradable, charm decorations. The trick to this product's success was just the right friction and size in the charms mechanism to be removable by a four year old's dexterity and strength, while not falling off during rugged play. The requirement was to be built into a cheap sandal with one mold. To satisfy both boys and girls I changed their original flower shape to a star. Her competition, the infamous Croc sandal charms are not removable and therefore not tradable or changeable.