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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• 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

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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.)

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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

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• 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

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• Science/entertainment show • 100M+ viewers world wide • Co-host/science expert

• Science Channel USA • Discovery International

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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

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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.

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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..

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• 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

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• 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

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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

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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

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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

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• 225 kW motor • 440 V custom battery pack • Fiberglass race chassis

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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.

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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

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• 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

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firefighting gear • Based on a 3D scan of the firefighter’s

body • Heads-up display with thermal imaging

camera