Note: This class isn’t offered after 2009. In 2010 Cal Poly (SLO) started working in Guatemala with their DLAB classes (Appropriate Technology), led by Prof. Pete Schwartz.

The class website is www.pddw.org.

In 2009 I proposed a project to improve health care (E105 proposal 18may09.pdf), by exploring applications of an inexpensive webcam-based fluorescent microscope that my company, Etaluma, is developing.

In 2007 and 2008 I traveled to Guatemala with the Caltech and Universidad Rafael Landivar students participating in Professor Ken Pickar’s E/ME105 course.

1. •Pictures of the 2009 trip (13MB .pdf)
   

2. •Pictures of the 2008 trip
   

3. •Pictures of the 2007 trip
   

4. •Video of the 2007 trip
   

5. •Video of the 2008 trip
   

We were also assisted by Carlos Marroquin of MayaPedal.

Energy Project

Honey project

Related links:

Cracking the Mayan Code at PBS and Nightfire.

Pictures of Rasnow’s trip to Yucatan 2007-8