Thanks Popular Science! Can't wait to see it in print! If you are interested in building your own tank, feel free to check out my previous post with all the source code needed.

I really enjoyed my time working at SparkFun Electronics, learning tons about embedded electronics, open source hardware and software, UAVs, Arduino, programming and the DIY electronics community. I will miss working in an office with arcade buttons on the front desk, a tweeting kegerator, automated nerf gun with an infrared trip-wire, LED Tetris board, a Giant GPS wall clock, and has a dog to person ratio of about 1:7. Most of all I will miss all the great people still working there and hope to collaborate with them again in the future.

SparkFun definitely lived up to it's name by sparking my interest in electronic prototyping, open source hardware & software, and most importantly the confidence to believe I can make anything I dream up.

My only regret is that I was hired to be a photographer/videographer instead of a job that allowed me work full-time creating electronic and/or software projects.

I'm now hoping to find a career that allows me to actively work on creative human-computer interfaces that push the limits of what people thought was possible.

Hope the video explains everything. The source code is linked below, feel free to use it, modify it, whatever. An automatic light calibration, plastic covers, and a Beagleboard are all that is left to make it a permanent installation. 

I think a nice addition would be to use Liquidware's touch screen for selecting the samples to be played on each step.

Here is the Arduino source code:

...and the processing source code:

Currently working on a little experiment combining a multi-touch screen showing an After Effects animation, taking a shot of each frame, then doing the same with the same scene lit with a softbox. Then combining and inverting the projected image in After Effects.

Kinda looks like a large animated e-ink display. More to come later.