Publications
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Peer-Reviewed Publications
Read, Robert L. "Calculating the Segmented Helix Formed by Repetitions of Identical Subunits thereby Generating a Zoo of Platonic Helices." Mathematics 10.14 (2022): 2533. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/14/2533
Calculating the Segmented Helix Formed by Repetitions of Identical Subunits
Read, Robert L. "Calculating the Segmented Helix Formed by Repetitions of Identical Subunits." IMA Conference on Mathematics of Robotics. Springer, Cham, 2020. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-91352-6_12
Open-source Hardware and the Great Ventilator Rush of 2020
Read, Robert L. "Erich B Schulz, MBBS, MBA, FANZCA.", Ben Coombs. Open-source hardware and the great ventilator rush of 2020. Australasian Anaesthesia 1 (2021): 36. https://www.anzca.edu.au/resources/college-publications/australasian-anaesthesia-(the-blue-book)/blue-book-2021.pdf#page=18
VentMon: An Open Source Inline Ventilator Tester and Monitor
Read, Robert L., Lauria Clarke, and Geoff Mulligan. "VentMon: An open source inline ventilator tester and monitor." HardwareX 9 (2021): e00195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2021.e00195
Controlling a Variable Geometry Truss Tetrobot With an Isomorphic Puppet Controller.
Read, Robert L., and Avinash Baskaran. "Controlling a variable geometry truss tetrobot with an isomorphic puppet controller." 2020 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Control. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1145/3448326.3448332
Schulz, Erich B., and Robert L. Read. "The importance of characterising dynamic response and inertia in potential rapidly manufactured ventilator systems." Anaesthesia (2020). https://associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/anae.15190
Transforming Optimal Tetrahelices Between the Boerdijk–Coxeter Helix and a Planar-Faced Tetrahelix
Read, Robert L. "Transforming Optimal Tetrahelices Between the Boerdijk–Coxeter Helix and a Planar-Faced Tetrahelix." Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 10.5 (2018): 051001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040433
The Design and Usage of a Portable Incubator for Inexpensive In-field Water Analysis
Heligman, Brian T., Alice Zhao, Evan Bartilson, Abhay Gupta, Joshua Hannan, Maimouna Diop, and Robert L. Read. "The design and usage of a portable incubator for inexpensive in-field water analysis." Journal of Humanitarian Engineering 6, no. 2 (2018). https://doi.org/10.36479/jhe.v6i2.127
General Purpose Alarm Device: A programmable annunciator
https://www.hardware-x.com/article/S2468-0672(24)00084-1/fulltext
A Novel Passive Ferrofluid One-way (Check) Valve
A Novel Passive Ferrofluid One-way (Check) Valve. Veronica Stuckey and Robert L. Read. March, 2022. https://engrxiv.org/preprint/view/2242
How to Start a Public Invention and Humanitarian Engineering Club at Your University
How to Start a Public Invention and Humanitarian Engineering Club at Your University. Robert L. Read, Joshua M. Pearce, Avinash Baskaran, Megan Cadena, Sabia Abidi. August, 2021. https://robertleeread.medium.com/how-to-start-a-public-invention-and-humanitarian-engineering-club-at-your-university-e9fe42065c83
Geotagtext, A Tutorial: A Free Geotagging Web Application Composed of Free Tools
Geotagtext, A Tutorial: A Free Geotagging Web Application Composed of Free Tools, Robert L. Read, Diego Aspinwall, and Neil Martis. July 2021 https://medium.com/nerd-for-tech/geotagtext-a-tutorial-a-free-geotagging-web-application-composed-of-free-tools-b42bcbcca202
The Humanitarian Engineering and Free-libre Open Source Pandemic Response Organizations
The Humanitarian Engineering and Free-libre Open Source Pandemic Response Organizations. Robert L. Read, February 2021. https://robertleeread.medium.com/the-humanitarian-engineering-free-libre-open-source-pandemic-response-organizations-6dd3c7f0299a
The Humanitarian Engineering Response to the Pandemic: The New Year's Mid-game
The Humanitarian Engineering Response to the Pandemic: The New Year's Mid-game. Robert L. Read, January, 2021. https://medium.com/public-invention/the-humanitarian-engineering-response-to-the-pandemic-the-new-years-mid-game-ff99d296a1a6
Vent-Con 2020: An Open Source Ventilator Conference
Vent-Con 2020: An Open Source Ventilator Conference. Robert L. Read. May 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/vent-con-2020-an-open-source-ventilator-conference-19879c53cca4
Modular Design in the Ventilator Crisis: Why it Matters
Modular Design in the Ventilator Crisis: Why it Matters. Robert L. Read and Jenny Filipetti. April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/modular-design-in-the-ventilator-crisis-why-it-matters-ff767c420b70
An Intelligent Bag-squeezer for COVID-19 Open Source Ventilators and Why it Matters
An Intelligent Bag-squeezer for COVID-19 Open Source Ventilators and Why it Matters. Robert L. Read. April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/an-intelligent-bag-squeezer-for-covid-19-open-source-ventilators-and-why-it-matters-6585ec2843ed
How to Make Your Own Accurate Test Lungs for Testing Emergency Ventilators
How to Make Your Own Accurate Test Lungs for Testing Emergency Ventilators. Alex Izvorski and Robert L. Read. April 2020.https://robertleeread.medium.com/how-to-make-your-own-accurate-test-lungs-for-testing-emergency-ventilators-2d68fe5ac460
Pandemic Ventilators Should Support Spontaneous Breathing
Pandemic Ventilators Should Support Spontaneous Breathing. Erich B. Schulz and Robert L. Read. April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/pandemic-ventilators-should-support-spontaneous-breathing-77d991f2e11d
The Pandemic Demands Modularizing the Open Source Ventilator Problem.
The Pandemic Demands Modularizing the Open Source Ventilator Problem. Robert L. Read and Nariman Poushin. April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/the-pandemic-demands-modularizing-the-open-source-ventilator-problem-b20bc41e66ff
A Quick Comparison of the AmboVent and Apollo BVM Pandemic Ventilators.
A Quick Comparison of the AmboVent and Apollo BVM Pandemic Ventilators. Robert L. Read, April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/a-quick-comparison-of-the-ambovent-and-apollo-bvm-pandemic-ventilators-977d15345440
Medtronic Open-source Ventilator does not meet UK's Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System Standard
Medtronic Open-source Ventilator does not meet UK's Rapidly Manufactured Ventilator System Standard. Robert L. Read, April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/medtronic-open-source-ventilator-does-not-meet-uks-rapidly-manufactured-ventilator-systems-81947c72a7ac
The Open Source Ventilator Game Has Changed: AmboVent and Medtronic COVID-19 Ventilators Open Sourced. Robert L. Read, April 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/the-open-source-ventilator-game-has-changed-ambovent-and-medtronic-covid-19-ventilators-open-d645bde594cc
Open Source Validation Tests for Open Source COVID-19 Emergency Ventilators.
Open Source Validation Tests for Open Source COVID-19 Emergency Ventilators. Robert L. Read, Nariman Poushin, and Juan E. Villacres Perez, March, 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/open-source-validation-tests-for-open-source-covid-19-emergency-ventilators-7096c6393d61
Analysis of Open Source COVID-19 Pandemic Ventilator Projects
Analysis of Open Source COVID-19 Pandemic Ventilator Projects. Robert L. Read, Keeshan Patel, and Nariman Poushin. March 2020. https://robertleeread.medium.com/analysis-of-open-source-covid-19-pandemic-ventilator-projects-27acf90757e
The State of Open Source Ventilator Projects as of March 21st
The State of Open Source Ventilator Projects as of March 21st. March, 2020. Robert L. Read, Nariman Poushin, Keeshan Patel, Stacey Oliver Sarris and Andrea Ippolito. https://robertleeread.medium.com/the-state-of-open-source-ventilator-projects-as-of-march-21st-1f36bfb608b4
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468067224001093
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day: A Fun Chance to Promote Your Organization
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day: A Fun Chance to Promote Your Organization. Robert L. Read, September 2019. https://robertleeread.medium.com/introduce-a-girl-to-engineering-day-a-fun-chance-to-promote-your-organization-e85a5042f974
What to do when you hear about your idea: "That's been done..."
What to do when you hear about your idea: "That's been done...", Robert L. Read, July 2019. https://robertleeread.medium.com/what-to-do-when-you-hear-about-your-idea-thats-been-done-cf5d8cc2e015
A UX Widget for Expressing Balance: Triad Balance
A UX Widget for Expressing Balance: Triad Balance. Robert L. Read, July 2019. https://uxdesign.cc/a-ux-widget-for-expressing-balance-1d294564a1c
How to Graduate from Maker to Public Inventor
How to Graduate from Maker to Public Inventor. Robert L. Read. July 2019. https://medium.com/hackernoon/maker-into-public-inventor-d337e155cb92
The Joy of Collaboration. Robert L. Read, May 2019. https://medium.com/hackernoon/the-joy-of-collaboration-495e31916440
Public Invention Project #40: A Wheel for Painting Very Thin Lines
Public Invention Project #40: A Wheel for Painting Very Thin Lines. Robert L. Read, March 2019. https://medium.com/hackernoon/public-invention-project-40-a-wheel-for-painting-very-thin-lines-5d596c625549
Working through Sipser, a textbook on Theoretical Computer Science
Working through Sipser, a textbook on Theoretical Computer Science. Robert L. Read and John K. Gibbons. January 2019. https://medium.com/hackernoon/working-through-sipser-a-textbook-on-theoretical-computer-science-3ded71d7e72d
43 Public Invention Projects That Need You
43 Public Invention Projects That Need You. Robert L. Read. January 2019.https://medium.com/hackernoon/43-public-invention-projects-that-need-you-a8e4e39130b4
The Story of a Public, Cooperative Mathathon
The Story of a Public, Cooperative Mathathon. Robert L. Read, December 2018. https://medium.com/hackernoon/the-story-of-a-public-cooperative-mathathon-29ea5f4ff538
A Disconnect between the Free Software Movement and Open Science
A Disconnect between the Free Software Movement and Open Science. Marc Jones and Robert L. Read. October 2018. https://medium.com/hackernoon/a-disconnect-between-the-free-software-movement-and-open-science-c5f0f0b408f2
Do Math Socially: The Mathathon
Do Math Socially: The Mathathon. Robert L. Read. September, 2018. https://medium.com/q-e-d/do-math-socially-the-mathathon-a375f8fdc319
Experience from the <code>/earth hackathon for Project Drawdown
Experience from the <code>/earth hackathon for Project Drawdown. Robert L. Read, 2018. https://medium.com/hackernoon/experience-from-the-code-earth-hackathon-for-project-drawdown-184e2a412e4b
Mission of Public Invention, 2.0. September 2018
Mission of Public Invention, 2.0. September 2018. Robert L. Read. https://medium.com/public-invention/mission-of-public-invention-2-0-46b5d2268db4
Public Invention: Mission Statement, 2018
Public Invention: Mission Statement, 2018. Robert L. Read. July 2018. https://medium.com/public-invention/public-invention-mission-statement-2018-3f5a8f7c5d60
Summer Projects 2018. Robert L. Read. April 2019. https://medium.com/public-invention/summer-projects-2018-2c936bb032c7
Fundamental Tools for Math in 2019
Fundamental Tools for Math in 2019. Robert L. Read. March 2018. https://medium.com/q-e-d/fundamental-tools-for-math-in-2018-78739b86d15
Math Every Morning. Robert L. Read. February 2018. https://medium.com/q-e-d/math-every-morning-a05aa72f235c
Failed Experiments with Ferrofluid
Failed Experiments with Ferrofluid. Robert L. Read. August 2017. https://medium.com/hackernoon/failed-experiments-with-ferrofluid-742fa13b0ae1
A Brief, Bad, Ignorant Review of Existing Numerical Optimization Software in JavaScript, Further Weakened by Unvetted Philosophy and Opinions. Robert L. Read, 2017. https://robertleeread.medium.com/a-brief-bad-ignorant-review-of-existing-numerical-optimization-software-in-javascript-further-c70f68641fda
Project #33: 3D Print Soft Robotics with PVA Molds filled with Silicone
Project #33: 3D Print Soft Robotics with PVA Molds filled with Silicone. Robert L. Read, 2017. https://medium.com/public-invention/project-33-3d-print-soft-robotics-with-pva-molds-filled-with-silicone-bf04e79ce1ae
Summer Projects, 2017. Robert L. Read, April 2017. https://medium.com/public-invention/summer-projects-2017-cb11c18a4f0e
Human Centered Design vs. Agile Development: Adaptive Balance
Human Centered Design vs. Agile Development: Adaptive Balance. Robert L. Read. March 2017. https://medium.com/agile-government-leadership/human-centered-design-vs-agile-development-adaptive-balance-8fd51e652e4f
Project #7: Color-block Font for Writing
Project #7: Color-block Font for Writing. Robert L. Read, 2017. https://medium.com/hackernoon/project-7-color-block-font-for-writing-6b51d716e0e4
Become A Public Inventor. Robert L. Read, July, 2016. https://medium.com/hackernoon/become-a-public-inventor-aae282995f27
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