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      Bangor Daily News September 27, 2018 "Modern day treasure hunters unearth the unexpected in Maine"  | 
      
      
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      Article about my metal detecting hobby. | |
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      Treasure Hunting Magazine August 2018 p.15 British TV Series Helps Locate American Wedding Ring  | 
      
      
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      My article about recovering a friends lost wedding ring with my metal detector. | 
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		Home Power Magazine Jun./Jul. 2011 p.64-67 "Maximize your mileage"  | 
      
      
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      My article shares tips for optimizing MPG in hybrid vehicles. | 
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       Inventor's
Digest
Magazine April 2011, page 34-5 "Get Rich Slow! How to Plod Your Way to Prosperity"  | 
      
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      My article about developing a new product and starting a small mail order business and growing it carefully. | 
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		Home Power Magazine Dec./Jan. 2011 p.54-58 "Getting Charged up with Chevy's Volt"  | 
      
      
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      My review of the Chevy Volt for Home Power | 
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		WIRED Autopia August 4, 2010 Review of the Chevy Volt electric vehicle  | 
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      As a winner of the WIRED Volt challenge, I test drove the Volt in Detroit, and reviewed it for the Autopia blog | 
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		Home Power Magazine Aug./Sept. 2010 p.54-56 "Beyond Your Utility Meter Three Energy Monitors for Your Toolbox"  | 
      
      
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      My article reviews residential electric energy monitoring tools | 
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		Home Power Magazine April/May 2010 p.50-56 "Microinverters Make a Simple DIY Installation"  | 
      
      
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      My article about installing a 3.6KW solar array using Enphase microinverters | 
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      mapawatt 
		blog  guest post: Solar Powered Differential Temperature Controllers  | 
      
      
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      I explain the premise of off-grid solar heating and why you need a controller. | |
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		Popular Science 
		Magazine July 2008, p.45 "10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet"  | 
      
      
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      My solar lawnmower conversion is mentioned as one of 10 ideas to save the planet. | 
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       Inventor's
Digest
Magazine  February 2008, page 24-5 "Flip the switch..."  | 
      
      
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      My article discusses electronic product development and stresses keeping it simple. | 
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      Home Power Magazine "Solar Heat UPGRADE" June/July 2007, pages 88-92  | 
      
      
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      My article describes my learning experiences with my home built solar augmented heating system over the last 6 years. | 
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      Woodturning Design Magazine "Improved Sandmaster" Fall 2006, pages 79-82  | 
      
      
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      My article shows how to construct a new head for the Sorby Sandmaster tool that contains ball bearing support for the shaft. | 
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      Servo
         Magazine "Hacking a Zip-Zap for remote control" August 2006, pages 72-4  | 
      
      
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      My article describes how to repurpose the remote control electronics in a radio controlled toy. | 
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The Coastal 
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      Article in local weekly paper features my solar heating and solar powered lawn mower. | |
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      THE TIMES RECORD    BRUNSWICK, MAINE September 2, 2005 "He plugs his lawnmower into the sun"  | 
      
      
      
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      Article in local paper about the lawn mower that I converted to run on solar electric power. | |
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      The Enterprise March 20, 2005 "Against all odds - Mainer actually made money on his invention"  | 
      
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      Article on cover of Sunday MONEY section features me as a rare example of an inventor who profits from his idea. | 
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      IEEE Control Systems Magazine October 2004, page 65 "Low-Cost Magnetic Levitation Project Kits"  | 
      
      
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       Inventor's
Digest
Magazine  Oct.-Dec. 2004, page 27 "Less Can Be More"  | 
      
      
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      My article explains that sometimes it's practical to skip the patent process altogether and just get down to making money.  | 
    
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      Natural Resources Council of Maine
    
      
       June 2004 Global Warming in Maine: Warning Signs, Winning Solutions  | 
      
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      Color booklet features my solar heated workshop as an example of a solution on page 21. | 
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      Servo
         Magazine "Sonar Mapping Subsystem for Mobile Robotic Platforms" December 2003, pages 14-18  | 
      
      
       
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      My construction and theory article. | 
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      American
        Woodturner Winter 2003 Vol.18, No.4 pages 42-3  | 
      
      
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      Gallery pages featuring my turned wood art | 
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      Nuts
& Volts Magazine Sept. 2003, pages 58-61 "Levitation! Float objects in a servo controlled magnetic field"  | 
      
      
       
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      My construction article describes how to build a working electromagnetic  levitation control circuit.  | 
    
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 Leonardo Magazine  | 
      Review and gallery feature from exhibition at Dorsky Museum SUNY, New Paltz, New York. August - November 2002 | ||
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       October 2003, page 48  | 
      
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      Features my turned wood
piece  "Millstone Oracle" in the Gallery section  | 
    
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       January/February 2003, pages 48-9 "Great Timing (Uh...almost)"  | 
      
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      Article about an invention prototype that I built that turned out to already have been patented, and was on the market. | 
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       June/July 2002, pages 34-43  | 
      
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      My article about the solar heated radiant floor heating system that I built for my barn workshop. | 
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       BRUNSWICK, MAINE March 13, 2002 Cover of Business Section "Left brain, right business"  | 
      
       the whole page in Acrobat format here (116K)  | 
      
      
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      Feature interview about my business by Bob Kalish | 
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       August 2001, page 48  | 
      
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      Gallery page featuring 4 of my furniture designs | 
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       8.08 August 2000  | 
      
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      Image of my mail in
electronic art piece on p.43 
		  "Digital Numeric Relevator Mark XX"  | 
    
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       WEST MAGAZINE October 12, 1997 "Sculpting by Numbers"  | 
      
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      Review of my electronic art by Bob Frost. | 
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       November 1997  | 
      
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      Cover image shows Pagoda Lamp design, page 44 features Tulip Lamp design. | 
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       March 1996, pages 30-1 "Gallery Robots on the Internet"  | 
      
      
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      My article about engineering Joel 
      Slayton's video surveillance art 
      installation.   (see his web site )  | 
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       July 1995, pages 47-48 "Checking Battery Condition..."  | 
      
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      Basic Stamp article by Scott Edwards Uses my clever trick for battery voltage monitoring for robotics using low cost parts.  | 
    
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      SCULPTURE MAQUETTE
MAGAZINE  December 1994, page 18 "Motion Sensor Applications for Artworks"  | 
      
      
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      My article about applying motion sensors to kinetic art | |
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       September 1994, pages 16-17 "Engineering A Light Sculpture"  | 
      
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      My article about engineering Milton Komisar's public artwork, installed in Chicago. | |