Recent Projects | Freddy Dopfel

Dec 21, 2017

Bitcoin Mining

My computer has a pretty powerful GPU in my custom water cooling loop, and because I'm generally too busy to play video games, this power...

Dec 20, 2017

Distributed Wi-Fi System and Improvised Backhaul

My parents live in a house with walls literally made of concrete and metal mesh, making each room effectively a faraday cage, AKA Wi-Fi h...

Apr 24, 2017

Experiments with Photogrammetry

Photogrammetry is the science of making measurements from photographs, but in modern times this science has been focused particularly on ...

Jan 22, 2017

VR Programming

I am a strong believer in the potential for VR, and as a result, decided to experiment with building experiences in VR. After building in...

Sep 17, 2016

Game Building in Unity

Unity is a game development platform that has become particularly important in virtual reality application development. As someone who is...

Sep 17, 2016

No-Compromise VR Machine

After experiencing virtual reality (VR) for the first time, my parents decided that they wanted a system of their own. However, rather th...

Sep 17, 2016

Experimenting with DeepStyle

DeepStyle is a deep learning algorithm similar to Deep Dream based off the research paper "A Neural Algorithm of Artistic Style". The alg...

Sep 16, 2016

Intentionally Terrible Devices

Three of my friends and I created a team to enter a parody hackathon (media coverage here). We created a sterling-engine powered "social"...

Sep 16, 2016

Family Location Display

After recently watching one of the old Harry Potter movies, I became very interested in the Weasley family’s magically automated home, in...

Sep 16, 2016

Experimenting with Deep Dream

After building and water-cooling my personal computer with the performance to blow away even the most graphically intensive video games, ...

Sep 16, 2016

Arcade Machine (In Progress)

I recently became interested in retro games, and wanted to build some sort of emulation station to play them. Initially, I thought I woul...

Sep 16, 2016

Personal Computer

I have been building my own computers all my life, and designing them for performance (even if I don't use that performance) is one of my...

Sep 16, 2016

Smart Umbrella Stand

Despite the drought, it still occasionally rains in San Francisco. The rain's sparsity only makes it harder to remember an umbrella, so a...

Sep 16, 2016

Raspberry Pi "Ambilight" System

Ambilight is a discontinued feature on early Phillips flat panel TVs that used rear-facing fluorescent tubes to illuminate a wall behind ...

Sep 16, 2016

Android Programming: SF Ferry App

Designed a simple Android app that displays ferry times for all the routes of the Golden Gate Ferry fleet. Automatically displays the cor...

Sep 15, 2016

Data Synchronization over an Unreliable Connection

I Designed a system to keep terabytes worth of multi-gigabyte files (a large HD movie collection) synchronized between three homes. One o...

Sep 15, 2016

Arduino Toilet Lid Closer

After a discussion about keeping the toilet seat up or down, I decided to create a device that automatically puts down the toilet seat af...

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