For quite a few years now, I have been an avid Train Simulator player, operating virtual trains from the United States, the UK, and beyond. I’ve played Dovetail Games’ Train Simulator 2015 to 2022 and now “Train Simulator Classic”, FIFA-style annual upgrades that have incrementally improved the core game - and I’ve spent a decent amount of money on the much-memed Train Simulator DLC. The game is pretty immersive, but since part of my life also includes running real-life rail vehicles, I naturally want to make it feel even more real.

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Multichord

The Multichord musical instrument is an electromechanical acoustic stringed instrument with a single string, the culmination of a project to build an acoustic instrument capable of playing multiple notes without fretting or manual, time-consuming retuning.

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Clove, or the Cemetech Wireless Typing Glove, is a series of wearable chorded typing glove projects. Designed for circumstances where two-handed typing, sitting, or use of a touchscreen are impossible or challenging, Clove combines a soft wearable glove, control electronics, and glove and host software.

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Christopher Mitchell, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO of Geopipe, CS Ph.D., founder of Cemetech, hardware and software hacker, distributed systems guru, lover of trains.

Cofounder and CEO, Geopipe

New York, NY, USA