Optical Frameworks - Goals & Projects

Goals & Projects

2024-02-04 Written by Martin D.C.

My long-term goals for personal projects. Filling the checkboxes is of course secondary to having fun with personal projects; they are here mostly to keep track of progress and to let you know what I am planning, so let's go!


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Goals & projects in Genetics & Biology:


  • Make a laminar flow hood/biosafety cabinet (finished).
  • Extract DNA.
  • Run a PCR with custom primers.
  • Run an electrophoresis.
  • Read a short gene and predict its structure.
  • Make some great microscopy pictures/videos.

Goals & projects in Engineering & Electronics:


  • Build custom antennas for radioastronomy
  • Build a PCR machine.
  • Build a centrifuge for DNA separation.
  • Build a CNC machine.
  • Build a spectrometer.
  • Build a prototype of the autonomous soaring wing for data collection.
  • Build a rover capable of self-driving and data collection, such as soil humidity and atomic composition using spectroscopy.

Goals & projects in Sports & Fitness:


  • Rock climbing & bouldering:
    • Climb outdoors 7A overhanging roof.
    • Climb indoors 7A boulder.
  • Weightlifting:
    • BW bench press.
    • BW ATG squat.
    • Keep progressing and be humble!

Goals & projects in Education & Art:


  • Create educational content for PC/VR about genetic processes.
  • Make a series of videos about learning from and processing raw data like .pdb protein data bank format, etc.
  • Share some fascination with the algorithmic nature of the universe and patterns around us.

Goals & projects in Chemistry:


  • Build a fume hood.
  • Learn basic distillation techniques.
  • Learn separation methods.
  • Make chemicals to grow interesting crystals under a microscope and create audiovisual art with them.

Goals & projects in Programming:


  • Create a custom SDR and signal processing software.
  • Make a PDB protein file “next-gen” visualizer.
  • Create a series about working with and visualizing data in Python.
  • Make computer simulations of various physical phenomena.