I am a 20yo from Oregon who loves to tinker and take things apart to see how they work.

• 🏷️ Name: Micahel MacDonald
• 😄 Pronouns: He/Him/His
• 📍 Location: Oregon, USA
• 🎓 Occupation: In college studying Embedded Engineering and interning at Araceli Bio during the summers
• 💙 Interest: I am interested in Embedded Engineering, Science, and Photography

I am currently working on a project I started called OSAB (Open Source Autonomous Boat) which is developing open-source, autonomous vessels for science research, environmental activism, and law enforcement. We are designing several vessels to serve as platforms for missions, each designed to be modular and configurable to achieve a wide range of mission objectives at the lowest cost possible. Currently, we have plans for three different vessel designs: a long-endurance ocean-going vessel, a smaller machine vision equipt vessel for short missions in areas with heavy traffic, and a medium-sized long-range vessel for coastal missions and missions in rivers and lakes. We are also developing sets of standards based on both existing standards and protocols as well as new ones, to enable modularity and configurability across different autonomous platforms. The goal is to increase access to low-cost autonomous aquatic vessels for researchers, scientists, hobbyists, and institutions. You can find the project github here and you can learn more on our website!