John Glassco Resume

Here is a project from 1982 and published in the New Leaf, a local magazine at the time. The design problem was to solve the concern of astronauts that muscles and bones deteriorate in the weightless environment of space without vigorous exercise. The standard approach to this problem is to design space stations with artificial gravity by building huge hollow wheels with a spinning motion creating artificial gravity. This is like the space ship in "2001 A Space Odyssey." The approach with the G0 Space Station is a spherical design to maximize the volume of the station based on the weight of the materials. To get around the colonists would fly through the air with artificial wings strapped to their arms and legs. Like swim fins in the ocean, getting around in the G0 Space Station would require a lot of work. Muscle mass and bone density would be preserved through this vigorous exercise. Some of the ideas like the solar/steam power and the sheep may not be that practical but I wanted the idea to seem kind-of low tech.

Below is another spherical project; the Dodecahedron Speaker. In 1985 and 1986 the angular geometry and construction method for an omni directional speaker assembly was developed based on the the shape of the dodecahedron and the other regular geometric solids. In 1987 this study led to my successful application for patent number 4673057 http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4673057.pdf . Although many designs have been produced lately for this truly surround sound design, my patent expired before the idea of dodecahedral or dodecahedron shaped speakers became popular. The prototype of the sound grenade was also known as the sound bomb, the dode and many other names, particularly by neighbors during the prototype testing phase.