One side project that I’ve been involved with is the Quidnon; “a houseboat that sails.” It is a novel idea, that has a lot of interest from a variety of folks.
Although it isn’t a standard “bread and butter” kind of controls project, it is a systems-level project that has a lot of detail in it, and I’m excited to be working on it. A lot of my work has involved testing, manufacture, and analysis of some basic mechanical elements for it.
You can check it out at quidnon.blogspot.com