I've done these projects on my own, with no parental or teacher guidance. Everything was self-taught.
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I've written about 50 books with my friends, Arman and Gavin. The stories are based on the Minecraft world. We created ATG Publishing and we published the books by printing them on paper and binding them with staples.
I published one of these books on Amazon Kindle. I had to set up an Amazon Kindle Publishing account, get my parents to open a checking account, figure out what royalty structure to use, have my aunt help me paint the cover art, unbind the book to scan the images, and type in the text and correct misspellings. Please buy a copy!
Used ray tracing technique to create a 3D graphics engine in Scratch that users can navigate through based on a 2D floorplan. Added characters that moved within the space, and added textures to make it look like a realistic room.
Use the arrow keys to move. Collect the stars and avoid the monkeys! 🌟🐒
Ran a server on an old Chromebook. Made it run in Scratch with cloud variables, and configured the Chromebook to always stay online, to host a worldwide survey about the new Minecraft movie. 30 people participated in the survey.
Downloaded a project, turned it into a .zip file, extracted the files, and then edited the code in a text editor. It would do things you wouldn't normally be able to do in the regular Scratch editor. I realized that I wasn't allowed to do this, so I quickly unshared the project.
Programmed a neural network in Scratch to play Tic Tac Toe. I trained the network by having two agents play against each other. It plays well enough to always tie or win.
Play against it:
My science fair slides:
I drew an animation on 100 notecards, scanned each of them on my printer, and uploaded them onto Scratch.
TurboWarp project. This is a Scratch knockoff which runs Scratch projects faster. It sends a request to my Python server which finds the amount of messages the user has using the Scratch API.
I have 2 domains (awesometyty.com and tyler.limpaecher.com).
Chatroom where my friends can talk with each other. It lets people log in with Google, instead of using a username and password.
Open the chatroom (New users need to get verified by me before they can chat.)
Discovered how to make Minecraft plugins. I ran a vanilla (not modded) Minecraft server and let my friends join. Later, I figured out how to add mods by downloading and running PaperMC's Minecraft server software.
Wired a power supply to two coat hangers. Created 12,000 volt sparks that travel upwards along the coat hanger wires. (Papa and Sebastian did most of the building of this one.)
Retrofitted a kids' Jeep to run on solar panels and a car battery. I found a Jeep with a dead battery in the trash in our neighborhood. I found a spare MPPT controller and a spare car battery in our garage. I removed the dead battery from the Jeep, strapped the new parts onto it, redid all the electrical wiring, and got it working. It charged in the sun in our front yard during the day and I could use it to drive my friends around after school.
The town's electric vehicle group included me in their presentation on why Concord should have electric buses.
For a science project, built a maglev train using Styrofoam and rare earth permanent magnets. Tried using electromagnets.
For a science project, built a powerful drone. Did all the soldering and settings configuring, and tested how much weight the drone could lift. (Papa helped with this one, teaching me how to solder.)
Built a desktop vending machine that takes real money and dispenses candy. 3D printed with 30 parts, inserted screw sockets, and fixed my 3D printer multiple times.
Took aluminum heated with gallium and indium to remove the aluminum oxide rust layer. Placed it into a metal tin with a plastic lid that had a small hole in it, and mixed the aluminum with water to produce hydrogen. Ignited the hydrogen-air mixture.
Teaching myself how to control my dreams. Keeping a dream journal, tracking my REM cycle with an Apple Watch, and over the summer, setting a midnight alarm to interrupt REM sleep as a technique to enter a lucid dream.
Build a 3D printed 4-quarter vending machine. It uses 6.5 kg of filament to make hundreds of parts.
Building my own computer from scratch, and using it to host paid servers.
Thanks for reading! 😃