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About Me

The name is Finnish, as in from that country up in Scandinavia best known for having more cell phones than citizens. I'm into aesthetics and function and like to make things that embody accomplishment in both areas at the same time. I'm a mechanical engineer specializing in bionics and presently working with Michael Goldfarb on the next generation of the Vanderbilt Bionic Arm . Other than that, blah blah...I'm so cool...blah blah...I'm so kickass :D

My Interests

genuine people, designing robots and bionic prostheses, music production and mixing (Ableton user), piano, taking my dog places he likes, racing bicycles, racing cars, skiing, tennis, new places, new ppl

I'd like to meet:

Robot Clothes Honeybee Robotics Eyebeam Boston Dynamics Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Music:

FSOLJohn Graham aka QuivverJames HoldenNathan FakeHybridDanny HowellsLuke ChableJohn DigweedSashaNubreedNick WarrenChris LakeBooka ShadeJody WisternoffGuy GerberInfusionDeadmau5Trick and KubicMatt Rowan and JaytechJimpsterJulien JabreMike HiratzkaKazellMolokoPink FloydSade

Movies:

CasablancaMy Life as a DogSolaris (the Russian one only)Blade RunnerOffice SpaceRear WindowAmerican Beauty BullittTarzan the Ape Man (the real 1932 one)Ferris Bueller's Day Offa million foreign filmsalmost all Pixaralmost all Kubrick

Books:

Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Ray Carver

My Blog

those quiet Finns

I came across an article in Focus magazine that purported to offer insight into "knowing what makes the Finns tick". It talks a lot about Finnish business customs, etiquette, the whole sau...
Posted by tuomas on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:42:00 PST