I build hardware, firmware, and the software that should have come with it.
Mike Klodnicki. Biochemist, hardware engineer and product manager.
Work
Diaphonization
Clearing and staining specimens to show bone and cartilage.
QVAPOR
Quantified Vapor: a smart vaporizer, and the story of the company behind it.
Dell LCD shell
A CNC-machined replacement display shell for a laptop.
Silvia lever
A Rancilio Silvia rebuilt as a lever machine with pressure profiling.
Geometric lights
Laser-cut steel lanterns that throw patterns across a room.
Razer Joro
Keyboard firmware RE, custom keymap software, and a dongle pairing tool.
Denon AVR mod
An ESP controller that switches the receiver to a Bluetooth headset.
Clay smoker
A ceramic smoker with a PID controller and a SIM card.
TV remote
A custom 2.4 GHz remote that replaces FLIRC for Roku, Apple TV and Kodi.
JBC B·IRON
A replacement app for a soldering iron, from its decompiled APK.
Sphero
Drive a Sphero Mini from a browser over Web Bluetooth.
Mettler Toledo XS205
Driving a lab balance over its MT-SICS serial protocol.
Tablet stand + CalibReader
A reading stand and the app that make a tablet an iPod for books.
Off My Phone
Every photo off your phone in one click, verified byte for byte.
FooPlayer
A foobar2000-style music player for desktop and Android.
metaGen
A tinyMediaManager replacement that streamlines a Kodi library.