I’m pleased to welcome a new guest author to Make: Online! David Cranor will be covering projects and people on the maker side of high-tech academic research.

David Cranor is an inventor, adventurer, and pineapple upside down cake enthusiast. He is currently a student at the MIT Media Lab researching human/computer interaction, as well as being deeply involved with developing the tools and pedagogy of the Fab Lab movement.

You can check out a sampling of some of his previous work at davidcranor.com or follow him on the twitternets on @davidcranor.