MenkLab

Project: OST Drone

Building a eight bladed drone (Octocopter) and a proof of concept. It will be used for arial photography as well as delivery of welcome packages. Personally owned and Personally used, sponsored by Open Systems Technologies.
Project: ReindeerCam

Now on Android, iOS & Windows 8! Take ReindeerCam with you on the go, with the all new ReindeerCam app for Android, iOS and Windows 8! It’s state of the art software—straight from the North Pole!
Hobbies: Motorcycles (Track Day 07/20/2012)

Riding an '08 Honda CBR1000RR at Grattan Raceway. Grattan is considered one of the finest road courses in the United States and is located just 25 miles NE of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Home Of JTPphotos

JTPphotos has been moved to MenkLab.com/jtpphotos. The content is the same but the look and feel is slightly different.

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OST Drone: Electronics & Rest Of Body Shipped!
OST Drone Basic Body Complete

The basic carbon fiber body has been constructed. 4 more arms still need to be added, but you get the idea.
OST Drone Gimbal Mount Complete

After 4 hours of cutting, filing, and screwing our first part is assembled. I still need to back each screw out and apply some Loctite, however, it is functional.
Google Authenticator

Upon enabling Google Authenticator, at login for any supported service, you are prompted for not only a password but also a randomized 6 digit key of characters that changes every 30 seconds.
ReindeerCam 1.4 Released

In 1.3 there were a few uncaught exceptions that caused a "force close" crash. 1.4 Introduces error codes that can be emailed to apps mailing list. This will enable one on one debugging with a client.