There's still a lot of story left to be told about how we made it to the Mark II prototype, but in the meantime I wanted to mention an exciting update to the project that has come together over the past month or so since our time at Maker Faire.

Perceptoscope has been invited to be one of the inaugural residents at the SupplyFrame DesignLab! SupplyFrame is the parent company of Hackaday, and for the next three months we'll be working out of this amazing space to focus hard on building a bunch of new Perceptoscope prototypes. Winners of the Hackaday prize will also have an opportunity for a residency, and we can only imagine all the badass projects that will come out of here in the years to come.

We've only been in the Lab a little over a week, but have already jumped in head first to printing another optical manifold and prototyping some bearing blocks for the next revision. We made a trip to Industrial Metal Supply to stock up on aluminum for the Tormach CNC, and have new yokes being fabricated by a pipe bender nearby.

Each week for the next three months I'll be posting updates of the progress we're making. There are still a number of technical and practical challenges ahead with something as complex as Perceptoscope. As I document our journey, I hope it can shine a light not only on the design and engineering issues hardware projects face, but also things like sourcing a reliable supply chain, engaging in public playtesting, and securing partnerships to help the project grow.