Note: I'm currently in the process of upgrading animations from Javascript to webkit, so there is a strong possibility that many animations will display incorrectly (especially in IE). The content is the same but for prettier results use Safari.
John Sivak
Computer Scientist / Roboticist
Independent Projects
Tile Jumper
Tile jumper is an iPhone game that I created in my spare time. It's currently on the App Store, and I'm working on version 2.0
Image Encrypt
A small Java application that allows any file to be encrypted within the data of an image without any noticeable change
Animation API
While making this website I found it would be useful to have a generic easy-to-use system to add javascript animations, so I wrote one
ArduScope
ArduScope is a way to quickly visualize analog data from sensors on an Arduino, allowing for faster prototyping and debugging.
Academic Projects
Cornell Modbot
I'm currently working on the Cornell Modular robot project which will be featured at the Cornell cup 2012 in Disneyland
Senior Quadrotor
My senior project for my undergraduate studies was programming and designing the electronics for an autonomous quadrotor
Coming Soon!
Working with the PR2 robot to complete the task of packing a refrigerator
Coming Soon!
Creating a multiplayer solitaire game in a large project group
Work Experience
CRA Internship
During the summer of 2011 I worked as an intern at Charles River Analytics, working on subsystems of an autonomous underwater vehicle
NREIP Internship
During the summer of 2010 I worked at the Marine Corps Warfighting helping develop an autonomous rifle target system