Casper Dong
@casperkeyidong
18 and building space tech and other cool stuff. Intern at Convictional (YC W19)
My NASA rocket launched this morning :) To everyone who’s supported me, big thanks and know that there will be more to come 🥳
Update: pulled all nighter and now working with environment and climate Canada and also implemented hardware 😭
Deployed app to iOS and partnering with Cornell’s labs…this was supposed to be a small project 😭
i'm hosting a meetup in toronto this sunday for teen builders. if you're building cool stuff, interning, or just obsessed with solving hard problems, pull up. attendees include: 17y/o's launching rockets w/ nasa, ieee and mit published author, olympiad medalists, prev intern…
4am grind on a school night 😭 @p1nosaur formula null is gonna be crazy
Tip for gorilla marketing if you need it. Post Christmas inflatables are like 30$ snag the 12 foot Santa if you can and stick a QR code on it 🗣️ @socraticainfo
Being a keynote speaker about AI and STEM while in high school was fun. Ty YCF for funding my side projects :)
Under contract so can’t say, but something big just happened :) stay tuned for national TV on May 11th!
we put together waterloo’s best minecraft hackathon in one week. here’s how we did it. a thread 🧵
When the Minecraft hackathon becomes an actual hackathon. @casperkeyidong + Matthew locked in 💻
PCB work almost done, Domain registered, stealth startup is confirmed. Stay tuned for launch (and like literal launch at NASA)
3D printed tool cubby >>> (procrastinating my actual 3D print jobs until the carbon fiber TPU comes in)
DIY print bed scraper. Ultimakers are pretty fire but for PLA I’d recommend opening the doors for better print quality.
At the lab with @shah_bu_land when we had a 12am discussion about machine learning models for image upscaling…(he drew an amazing diagram).
Might be me 👀
Applying to get grants for a space project @mergedotclub 🔭✨
Quick stop at the lab before Socratica Symposium. Excited to work on awesome tech at Velocity :)
Your friendly neighborhood electric motorcycle and bike mechanic :)
