Friday, October 14th, 2022
Happy Friday, Huskies! This week we take a deep dive into Generate's hardware projects plus a new ShermanCast episode is being released!! Remember, a brand new MS in Product Development is now offered in the Sherm! Details are down below!
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Last week we focused on Generate's software projects, this week we would like to feature their hardware projects
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Hot Date Kitchen
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Project Lead: JOJO D’AMATO
Hot Date Kitchen is a carbon-neutral and sustainable company that makes dates filled with spiced sunflower butter and covered in chocolate. We are prototyping a machine that automates the process of sorting, pitting, and slicing dates to increase production volume and efficiency.
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PowerHouse
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Project Lead: RENEE HESTER
PowerHouse products are plug-and-play, fully retractable solar arrays, which allow for dual use of the space. They solve the issue of permanent, bulky, expensive, and unattractive solar installations. For PowerHouse's 3rd semester as a Generate client, this semester we are designing a PowerHouse's solar array that floats on seawater, suitable for marine living.
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AutoPasser
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Project Lead: MATT PRESCOTT
AutoPasser is a hockey training machine, designed to allow hockey players to practice and run drills by themselves! This allows older learners to practice without needing to find another beginner to learn with and practice more efficiently and easily.
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Imagine Analog
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Project Lead: HALEY FOGELSON
Imagine Analog is a guitar effect pedal using an FPAA which is a field-programmable analog array. This allows the pedals to cost way less than the rest on the market and enable musicians to reprogram analog pedals.
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Northeastern's Master of Science in
Product Development! 💻
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The Master of Science in Product Development is offered through the Sherman Center for Engineering Entrepreneurship Education. This program is designed to meet the growing demand for skilled product engineers and managers. Product development is the key to the success of businesses and the technology sector continues to fuel the world economy. Leaders in many companies are the product managers and engineers as they guide product innovation and lead in crafting products for users.
Apply Here!
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Check out Forge's newsletter to stay updated with current events and a sneak peek at this semester's project theme! Look below for opportunities to join the team!
Follow their Instagram for their latest updates @forgenortheastern
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FORGE OUTREACH TEAM: "Are you interested in marketing, branding, design, social media, and having fun?!?! Join the Outreach Team for Forge! We are looking for Marketing Specialists and Brand Specialists of various skill levels to come lead, learn, and explore exciting ways to engage the Northeastern community in everything Forge!"
Questions? contact: posmantier.j@northeastern.edu
FORGE COMMUNITY AND OPERATIONS: "Announcing team-member applications for Community & Operations in Forge. We all know that every organization needs a strong operational and community aspect in order to function to its fullest, so please consider applying. All experience levels are welcome, Forge is first and foremost a learning experience!"
Questions? Contact: lonkart.r@northeastern.edu
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Northeastern's Center for Emerging Markets 
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Are you interested in conducting research, creating a startup, organizing a conference, or pursuing innovative projects that addresses a problem in an emerging market? Northeastern's Center for Emerging Markets is offering all full-time graduate & undergraduate students the opportunity to submit a proposal for grant awards ranging from $1,000 - $3,000 (and in some cases up to $10,000). Deadline for submissions is October 30, 2022. All information including the application and last year's examples can be found here: https://damore-mckim.northeastern.edu/emerging-markets/work/student-learning/student-grants/
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Extra Credit with Professor Mark Sivak! 📝
Here I share something design or tech related from the week for those looking for just a little extra credit.
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Meta had a developer’s conference for their XR technology this week and I want to talk about the new Quest Pro headset, although the legs announcement is pretty great too. The Oculus Quest 2 was the most popular headset in VR history and it really is a nice piece of technology so let’s quickly talk about the new Quest Pro. Beyond the standard better tech specs like better displays and better graphics and processing hardware Meta is touting a few features. First is eye tracking and facial recognition technology to give your avatar a more realistic look the downside that your face data will be collected and stored by Meta, I hope they talk more about data security as this rolls out.
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The next feature I think is more important and is showing up in more VR headsets and that is the ability to do Mixed Reality. What they mean by mixed reality is that outward facing cameras will give you a view of the world around you with overlaid digital/virtual elements. This is a key feature to actually having people wear these and collaborate as it is very difficult to be locked away in your own headset and interact with people in the same room. We are still quite far from Meta’s dream of AR glasses that look like normal glasses but the Pro looks like an impressive device that I look forward to trying.
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Thoughts and feedback about the extra credit this week or want to submit one for next week? Email me at m.sivak@northeastern.edu.
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Bookmark and use our Sherman Events Calendar to stay updated on upcoming events (social and educational) to help you grow and connect with our community.
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Filipino American History Month
Oct 1st - 31st
Global Diversity Awareness Week
Oct 1st - 31st
LGBTQ+ History Month
Oct 1st - 31st
SASE Professionalism Night
Oct 21st
All Hands Generate Showcase
Oct 25th
Flexcar 2022 Hackathon
Nov 5th - Nov 6th
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