Eric J. Wilhelm is the founder of Instructables. He has a Ph.D. from MIT in Mechanical Engineering. Eric believes in making technology accessible through understanding, and strives to inspire others ...
Eric J. Wilhelm is the founder of Instructables. He has a Ph.D. from MIT in Mechanical Engineering. Eric believes in making technology accessible through understanding, and strives to inspire others to learn as much as they can and share it with those around them. Read about Instructables' history: http://www.instructables.com/id/How_to_Start_a_Business_1/ and meet the others on the Instructables team [http://www.instructables.com/about/ .
In addition to his doctorate, Eric earned his SB, and SM degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT, where he developed methods to print electronics and micro-electromechanical systems using nanoparticles. He co-founded Squid Labs http://www.squid-labs.com, an innovation and design partnership, and a number of Squid Labs spin-off companies including Potenco http://www.potenco.com, producing a human-powered generator for cell phones and laptops; Makani http://www.makanipower.com, an energy company seeking to harness high-altitude wind; and OptiOpia http://www.optiopia.com, developing low-cost portable vision-testing and lens-fabricating devices.
Eric has been recognized as one of the top innovators under 35 years old by Technology Review :http://www.instructables.com/community/Eric_wins_TR35_Innovation_Award/, and was awarded the National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Award for the development of a printing technique used to create patterns in films of nanoparticles or polymers with resolutions reaching into the 10's of nanometers.
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Whose is he/she (which one)?
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Anyways, since you have "How to Cook Everything", are not all the other books redundant?
Wow, what a topical reference from three weeks ago that was...
And using opposable digits... how long now until she gets access to power tools?
This is such a smart idea also!
We'll need something similar in about a year, I expect. It'll sure work for the cookbooks, though I don't think it will be quite as successful with our bajillion paperback books that have a lot of space both behind and above on the shelf, since those can be pushed back and the whole row collapses. (We're thinking perhaps clear acrylic cut to the size of the shelf and velcro'ed on over the front, or something similar.)
We've been using rubber bands across the drawer knobs; Madeleine (now two) is now smart enough to understand that it means we want her to stay out, even though she can easily remove them.
I predict those will last for maybe a few weeks, and then she'll learn that if she twangs hard enough, she can pull the band down below the books....Remember, folks, you heard it here first!