Master Mind Toys

Greg Needel Uncategorized May 20, 2011

Mastermind toys has an awesome hexbug display in their store. Every toy store should represent the brand like this.

GeekBeat

Greg Needel Uncategorized January 29, 2011

Hey all, I was just featured on a segment from geekbeat.tv on their hacker spaces segment covering the Dallas Maker Space. The robot which I was shown with uses the Vex robotics design system Running their cortex micro controller. To any new visitors: I am normally busy doing projects and don’t update the site much but
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technology is awesome!

Greg Needel Personal September 19, 2010

Sometimes i feel like we take technology for granted, given that we are a totally immersed tech culture. Today the Ravens are playing the Bengals and I live in Cowboy country so the game is not going to be on tv. I am not a direct tv or Verizon customer so my options used to
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Employment

Greg Needel Uncategorized April 27, 2010

Thanks to all who have expressed concern. I can not go into all the details of what happened today, but I am still employed. I was offered an option which allows me to continue but it requires relocation to another facility. I will be making my decision over the next week and it is not
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Stanley Contest

Greg Needel Uncategorized March 5, 2010

Stanley who makes high quality hand tools is having a contest to win an awesome collection of tools that I would love to have in my shop. Check out http://www.aconcordcarpentercomments.blogspot.com/2010/02/stanley-tool-giveaway.html for information about the giveaway And http://www.stanleytools.com to see their complete product offerings

About

Greg is the CEO of REV Robotics, an educational robotics company. which focuses on providing affordable solutions for both co-curricular and extra curricular education.

He was previously the Director of the Innovation Gymnasium at the Lyle School of Engineering at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Greg is a mechanical engineer who earned his degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology and has built a career in that field, but his enthusiasm for building and tinkering can hardly be captured by that discipline alone. Professionally, Greg has focused on product development and has designed products for globally recognized brands such as DeWALT, Delta Machinery, HEXBUG, and REV Robotics. He has been issued over 60 global patents for his designs and has numerous patents pending.

Outside of work, he spends much of his free time building and creating, and is an active member of the Dallas Maker Space. Designing and building robots are of particular interest and he has built personal projects and machines for competitions such as Battlebots, the DARPA Grand Challenge and Redbull Creation. Greg dedicates much of his time to working on promoting STEM education to high school students through participation FIRST robotics competition.