2 posts authored by “John Kelly”

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Partnering with RPI graduate students to explore customer projection models

Over the past semester, we’ve worked with students studying business analytics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to build customer projections. Genadi Naydenov (my fellow data-focused balenista) and I partnered with RPI’s Lally School of Management in their Supply Chain Capstone course. Professor T. Ravichandran, teaches the course and mentored the student team in this project…

July 01, 2022 / 2 min

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Bring your model railroad to life with LED, movement, and sound automation using balena

Many model railroad enthusiasts have basements filled with photo-realistic layouts or join clubs with amazing cities and yards. I’m not an enthusiast, but a few years ago I pulled out an old Lionel set I had as a kid and thought a new paint job could make it look less plasticy. I’ve never built a layout (nor would I have room for a large one) but occasionally I’d send a train around a loop or…

June 07, 2022 / 13 min