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The “Travaux personnels encadrés” are an assignement you have to do in groups during the 1ère shool year in France (corresponding to the 11th grade in the U.S.). This assignment has then to be presented to the teachers on a platform. With my group, we decided to host our work on a website, which is available here. We decided to study the bat and it’s echolocation system, and to illustrate the working principle with an Arduino robot that avoids objects using ultrasonic sensors. ...

During the summer break, I had a chance to use my cousin Loïck’s nice camera to have a little fun. So I filmed a toy train going around in a child’s room to create a fake intro sequence to a non existing movie. I named the movie “Little Johnny” because I wanted the said movie to be dramatic, this intro sequence being the beginning of a tragic story happening to a child. That tragic spirit is enhanced by the sad music of Yann Tiersen – “Comptine d’un autre été”. ...

The glass plate of my microwave oven broke, and the only compatible plate that could be found at the local pawn/charity shop didn’t have the little tabs on the bottom to assure a connection with the motor : it couldn’t spin. To solve this problem, I decided to design and 3D-print a plastic piece that could be glued on the bottom of the new plate. Here you can see the biggest piece that could be saved from the terror of the bin. I took measurements, and for more accuracy, of course the ruler had to be pink. ...