As I was planning… this is the final EoF cartoon here at Electronic Design. But I recently got some emails encouraging me not to end the drawings. So, I'm adding a poll and a survey at the end of this post for your opinion and feedback. Please share after the following 'toon.

I draw my son a morning cartoon almost every day... they usually look something like this. So, I figured I would just draw and ink one, scan it, and do no other digital modifications. You can kind of see some of the pencils in there. Imperfect and messy, one take with no fixes.

This is on purpose. I wanted to show it's an earnest work, by hand, DIY. I think we're allowing too much AI laziness to creep into our lives in every facet. From commercials, ads, social media posts, writing, images, video… It's too much. We need a break. We need honesty and merit.

But I'm taking the “hand-made” aspect of this cartoon even further… each one of those projects I draw in this cartoon, I also made in real life! I made all of them for and with my son.

Us engineer parents go far for our kids. Technically, my book was written for him. And I'm planning the next two. 😊

Back to the 'toon… in order of appearance...

Hand-Wash Timer Circuit V2!

During the pandemic, we got really tired of counting to 20 every time we washed our hands. I made a few different hand-wash timers, but I thought this one was the coolest. That glowing soap bottle is just too striking.

Siren Head Halloween Wearable Costume!

My son is a huge fan of the Trevor Henderson designed/drawn monster Siren Head. Since my son wanted to dress up like him for Halloween, I set out to make a working sound hat. It worked great. It was scary loud in person. However, it was a little too heavy for the kid at the time. But he liked it a lot. I still use the sound controller to this day.

Mesonet on My Prius WIP!

Yes, we will go stormchasing with my Prius someday. Although it's a work in progress, the base is there. We have an anemometer and other weather sensors to mount on it. It's getting cold out, so I'm not too sure about attaching those sensors during the freezing months. Also, storm-chasing a blizzard in a 2-wheel-drive Prius? Hmm.

Double-Jump System!

Just kidding… I didn't make one. Yet!

However, if you look at those jet pack systems people have made, I was thinking of using that principle. They want to sustain flight, so they have to carry lots of fuel. But a double jump, a brief mid-air boost, wouldn't require much fuel. That's the direction I would start looking into.

Yes, a double jump would be awesome. But then we have to take, potentially, double the impact when we land. That's the main issue I foresee. Something I'm now really considering... to be continued.

Now I will ask you, the readers, what to do next with my cartoons (in general).

This may very well be the end of my 'toons here at Electronic Design. Please share below what you thought of them. Did any make an impact on you? Made you look into some tech because of it? Did you try to build any of my concept project drawings? If any of that is true, or you have something else to say, please share below:

Need a reminder of the past comics, drawings, and such? See the Engineering on Friday 'toon list after the jump here.

Thanks for reading my comic strip.

Onward

- Cabe