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Hello, I’m Saneet Fulsunder, an artist+engineer by heart. As a generalist engineer, my creative worldview revolves around a wide swath of stuff, chief among which are cars, aircraft, computers, manufacturing, robotics, mechanics, electr- you get it. This site is for all my musings, makings, obsessions and dabblings - a mind map, of sorts.
Here are My Life’s Mottoes:
Imagination is the key that enables your dreams to coalesce. Visualization matters. Any and all inventions you'll ever hear of began with a 'what if...?'
Design is a form of self-expression that extends beyond mere words. Design is more than just aesthetics; it's how something works. It ends at the surface, but begins right from the core. And more than that, design comes with a responsibility - for to invent of value, we must first learn the value of invention.
Creation has always been mankind’s greatest gift! I mean, take a look around, and wonder about all the engineering marvels and great works of art that have made their place in history, and have accelerated our growth as a civilization. Sure, this is just the green side of the hill, and we must not overlook all the damage we are doing while we accelerate. I believe that sustainable development is key to having the utopian future we all aspire for.
Learning is fun! One can never learn enough, and there will always be unexplored territory because of the universe’s endlessness, and what’s better than being a pioneer in exploration? So, explore the envelope - then, smash the shit out of it.
How I Got Here:
My journey in design started when I was 9. I had already been bit by the car bug since my childhood, when I decided to actually design some myself. So I started sketching, when all I could draw was the side view. Then, one fine evening in the year 2008, my father who’s an avid artist himself, taught me the wonder of perspective. It was then that my real foray into the design world began.
Then, stuff started clicking into place. My mind started filling with all the (till then) unimaginable design combinations that seemed so far-out. It was like I had just tapped into a well of hidden potential I didn’t even know I had. I started sketching, hoping something would emerge… and eventually it did! I had just drawn a front-three-quarter view of one of my very first designs: the ‘Modulo’! This result made me continue sketching and designing more.
Years passed, and I began to shift from the conventional approach of design. I was no longer bound to the generic box-approach. I drew various combinations, ranging from jet fuselage styled F-1 cars, to cars with maglev drivetrains; after all, why be limited to visualize?
Fast forward to 2012, I started to dabble in aeronautics - aerodynamics in particular, to better examine airflows, which inspired designs I implemented in cars and aircraft concepts as well.
After having done just sketching till then, I decided it was time to take a leap ahead; that turned out to be one of my greatest years. 2014: the year I started 3D Modeling. An intriguing process, that. Each model I make takes more-or-less a month going from a bunch of sketches to 3d geometry to final renderings, and involves on an average a hundred hours in modeling itself. This is because I tend to get into every little detail I can. Even though virtual, I nevertheless design for functionality, because for me, design is more how it works than how it looks. This is why most of my models are near production-spec in the level of detail in terms of modeling and architecture, meaning you could literally take a model, pump the required math in, adjust a few parameters, and have a production-ready solution in hand.
Such has been my journey in design. I gather insight from nature to bring about diversity in design. I believe design is all about keeping in touch with times, and forming a connection. Just some radical lines and never-before-seen elements are not what make it great; it is the class and balance that a design exudes, working in tandem, that brings about its best.
My journey into technology began, as is the case with all enthusiasts, with the dissection of electronic toys – a quest to understand how they magically operate. As the years passed, I read into electronics and the workings of digital logic, and this intrigue turned into a passion to create. I have always taken keen interest to investigate into natural phenomena, find out how things work - for the engineer half of me, and to find beauty, artistic and aesthetic value in all things natural - for the designer half of me. I then blend them both to mould out something imbuing principles of both form and functionality.
In order to be effective in this, I have developed an application-based-learning approach. The only things I arm myself with is an open mind, curiosity, and sound principles of science and logic. Because of the vast variety of technologies and techniques possible to get something done, all that matters is the end goal. The solution then, just boils down to choosing a technology, learning its ways and implementing as required. I know by experience that being hands-on is the best approach for keeping-up with technology, which evolves pretty-much every day.
Over the past decade, I have developed numerous projects ranging from software applications to 3D printers. My mainstay has always banked on the hardware end of the spectrum. My work in software applications has bolstered my fundamentals of logic-building and programming. After developing a few software applications in the eCommerce and management domain, I turned to embedded systems and hardware development. A variety of projects were developed in both personal and professional capacities: a packaging foam cutter I built for a local manufacturer, a robotic arm controlled by a motion scanner (Leap Motion), a GPS-tracked camera that could send its location via text, just to name a few. For my diploma academic project, me and my team had developed an economical 3D printer using open source hardware and software. This project provided me with a great learning experience in designing precision machines. We also developed a CNC routing mill for our workshop, using similar open source hardware. These projects gave me a thorough understanding of the workings and development of such cutting-edge manufacturing technologies. They lay the bedrock of my then-newfound intrigue for the manufacturing sector.
For my Bachelor’s academic project, me and my team developed a 3D printer (the AM5) implementing the selective laser sintering (SLS) technology, commonly seen in enterprise high quality manufacturing. Our primary objective was to reduce the ownership and operating costs so that the system would be available to small scale companies as well as creative individuals for manufacturing high quality plastic parts. The project was code-named 'Axiom', and eventually led to the development of another model - the AM3. Now, the Axiom Project - with both of those systems in tow, further promises even more expansion by utilizing the latest in digital manufacturing techniques.
I have always been one to discover! never the one to complain, but to improvise, and bring out the best of the resources I have had at hand. I have always dreamed of being a scientist, and yet I also have an artistic side. I have always wanted to use my efforts for the develo- wait, even better, sustainable development of humanity, and for that, I’ve always had a vision. Surely, by learning and implementing, I, over the years, have upgraded my skill set to visualize and chisel my visions, and to render them palpable for the world to see, to share, and to build upon.