Press

"Michael Pick (US) from Huntsville, Alabama set out to make a larger-than-life version of the Nerf N-Strike Elite Longshot CS-6. 

His massive creation hit another target - achieving the record for the largest Nerf gun at 3.81m (12 ft 6in).

The life-long Nerf fan felt that "bigger is better" and aimed for his creation to be 300% larger than the original, which turned out to be no easy task. A space software engineer by day and a YouTube creator by night, Michael used his know-how to develop an initial model using computer-aided design (CAD)."

– Guinness World Records

"Michael Pick, creator of SmartChutes, notes in his campaign video that the first time he flew a quadcopter, he felt uneasy about sending so much expensive equipment into the air. So he came up with an emergency system for drones: a 36-inch parachute in a 4.25-inch long by 1.5-inch diameter canister and a sensor that weigh 4 ounces combined.

The system can attach to quadcopters that are up to four pounds. The sensor takes 15 seconds to prime, and operates off its own battery. An accelerometer and a gyroscope can detect flips, freefalls, or a tilt over 90 degrees. When these potentially disastrous maneuvers are detected, the sensor signals the canister to release the parachute.

According to Pick, detection and release of the parachute takes only 350 milliseconds"

- Popular Science

Is your computer taking up too much desk space? The you might want to try and cobble together the “world’s smallest iMac”—a DIY project that pays homage to Apple AAPL -0.2%’s iconic all-in-one.

Created by “The Casual Engineer”, Michael Pick, the device stands no taller than a can of Red Bull, yet is capable of playing Minecraft at 1,000 frames per second, according to Pick.

The system isn’t officially endorsed by Apple, of course. Instead Pick used a custom-made 3D-printed case, a Raspberry Pi and a 7in IPS display to create his mini iMac.

Pick had to do some serious DIY to make everything fit inside the case. For example, he had to shave off two of the Raspberry Pi’s USB ports and its Ethernet socket to make sure everything fitted snugly inside the case.

- Forbes

A maximized 65-pound Nintendo Switch, complete with working buttons, came to life after a hardware builder known for his tiny computer mods tried a new tactic.

While Switch fans are waiting for Nintendo to announce a new, bigger version of the console, Michael Pick, an Alabama software engineer and tinkerer who drew attention last year for a tiny iMac-style computer about as tall as a Red Bull can, decided to break in his new workshop by putting together a 70-inch-wide, 30-inch-tall enlargement of Nintendo’s popular portable console.

- VICE