Doofy is our in-house "Innovation Officer" (his words, not ours). He doesn’t write standard project briefs. He writes manifestos on napkins. He doesn’t use project management software; he uses a wall of sticky notes that is slowly taking over the breakroom.
Welcome back to the lab.
Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on three of Doofy’s latest projects. Some are brilliant. Some are terrifying. All of them are 100% Doofy. The Goal: Doofy hates matching socks. So, for the fourth time, he is trying to build a machine that does it for him. Doofy--39-s Projects
The answer is yes.
Doofy wore it as a backpack for three days straight. He completed 17 tasks. He also gave himself a mild concussion when he bent over to tie his shoe. We have confiscated the slapping arm. It is now in a locked safe. Doofy is our in-house "Innovation Officer" (his words,
But you know what? He’s never boring.
Using a Raspberry Pi, a color sensor, and a series of pneumatic tubes originally designed for a hamster cage, the machine scans a sock, identifies its pattern, and launches it into the appropriate bin (Stripes, Dots, Solid, or "Existential Crisis"). He doesn’t use project management software; he uses
The machine works 60% of the time, every time. The other 40% of the time, it mistakes a gray sock for a cat and fires it across the room at 40mph. We have found three socks on the roof.