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Life has been busy and hectic. I am working on many other projects at the moment and have not had time to work on this program.

Please check out my website to see what I've been up to.

www.UtahAerials.com

Helicopters

Hi everybody! I haven't posted to my blog here because I've recently started a business called UtahAerials. www.utahaerials.com 

Click here for details: Kickstarter campaign

My friend Scott once said to me that if he hadn't heard from me in a while, he'd get excited because he knew I was building something cool. I hope you'll agree.

This is the MAXrotor. It's been close to a year in the making, but I think it's been worth it. It combines all I've learned into one aircraft. It's primary aim is to be durable, easy to build, fly, repair, and upgrade.

TopoDroid - EXTRA FEATURES

I have been extremely busy with work and making a new life for my family since we have moved back the United States. I have high hopes to release TopoDroid one day and would like your feedback. Please answer the polls on the right and comment if there are particular features in TopoDroid you would like to see.

Thank you for your help and patience.

TOPODROID - UPDATE

TOPODROID UPDATE

I am starting this blog to get the word about my Android program called TOPODROID. I've had a lot of people from all over the world who have been searching for TopoDroid. Some of you are interested in getting this program I submitted in the google developer's contest in 2009. 

I want you all to know that I am in the process of fixing it and will hopefully release it soon to the public. If you are interested in this please let me know either by email or comment on this blog.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

November 7, 2009

So some of you might not know, but Maldives is the lowest country in the whole world. It has the lowest altitude above sea level of any country. The islands are only a few feet above sea level, which is part of the reason that Maldives is very concerned about global warming and rising sea levels.

You probably do know that I like being high up. I love climbing and hiking (I also want to take up flying in some form, maybe hang-gliding.) But I can't do those things here. The highest peak here in Malé is actually a 30 foot tall garbage pile which I do plan to run to the top of before we leave.

Anyway! So I have all this pent up desire to be high up, wonder in the wilderness, and get lost. So I decided to channel that energy into something completely different: Software development. I knew I'd want to use my newGoogle phone as a GPS for hiking when I get back, but there weren't any good apps for that. So I started to write one in my spare time.

Shortly after I began, Google announced a developers competition (ADC2), with about $2 million in prize money, the whole deal. So I polished up my little program as best I could in the time I had left (though it's still miles from where I want it to be) and submitted it.

This is the result. TopoDroid (still not sure that I like the name that much) lets you use any image you want as a GPS enabled map, good for hiking and stuff, but also good if you want to use your fancy phone to help you navigate Disney Land.

So all the programs went through a period of public judging, and the first round results were just announced:  TopoDroid has moved on to round two!That means that out of hundreds of programs (not sure exactly, for ADC1 it was about 1700) it's in the top 20 for it's category!

It's so cool to think that people like something I made! Making it this far is really encouraging! Wish me luck! And if you have an Android phone, download the judging application and vote for me!