Shane Wighton (born September 15, 1991) is an American engineer best known for his YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here, an engineering-focused channel where Wighton builds various creative inventions. Wighton launched the channel in March 2020, and as of August 2024, Stuff Made Here has over 4.5 million subscribers and over 298 million total views. With average views per video exceeding 9 million, the videos are among the most-watched engineering project content on the platform.[2]
Shane Wighton | ||||||||||
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 Wighton in 2020 | ||||||||||
| Born | September 15, 1991 | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Education | University of North Carolina at Charlotte (BS, MS) | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2020–present | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 4.5 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 304 million[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: October 2024 | ||||||||||
Wighton's YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here, was nominated for the Technology Subject Award at the 10th Streamy Awards.[3]
Content
editAs of August 2024 his most viewed video, entitled "Moving hoop won't let you miss", has over 28 million views. In the video, he creates a basketball hoop that uses various motors to adjust its angle within 0.6 seconds in order for the basketball to always go into the basketball net.[4][5][6] His first variation of the net was not built using electronics, but utilizes a curved backboard in order to redirect the ball into the net from most angles.[7]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he built a robot that cuts hair using various sensors and scissors.[8][9][10] For Halloween, he converted the hair-cutting machine into a machine that maps images and carves intricate designs onto pumpkins.[11][12]
On June 2, 2020, he posted a video where he created a golf-club that automatically adjusts to achieve certain distances and club types.[13][14][15]
Wighton has also posted two videos where he created multiple versions of baseball bats that utilize blank cartridges and pistons to try to beat the world home-run distance record.[16][17][18][19]
On February 15, 2021, Wighton posted a video in which he created a pool table and cue stick that analyses every potential shot and projects the best option on the table itself which one player can then attempt. The cue stick will tilt up, down, left, and right to compensate for bad aiming by a player in order to attempt the shot with a high level of accuracy.[20]
In April 2021, Wighton made a "robotic chainsaw" using a chainsaw and a Tormach ZA6 Robot.[21]
In May 2021, Wighton designed two "unpickable" custom locks, and sent them to lockpicking YouTuber LockPickingLawyer as a challenge.[22] In a response video, LockPickingLawyer picked the first lock in exactly 60 seconds, and the second lock in 52 seconds using pliers and a mallet.[23]
Professional life
editWighton attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in computer science.[24] Wighton formerly led an engineering team at Formlabs that makes 3D printers that utilize stereolithography and selective laser sintering technology.[25] He is an inventor with five patents and 13 pending applications.[26]
Gallery
edit- Inventions
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Robotic pool cue calculates the best possible shot -
Baseball bat uses a charge to launch a baseball
References
edit- ^ a b "About Stuff Made Here". YouTube.
- ^ "Stuff Made Here's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
- ^ "10th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
- ^ Smith, Adam (2020-05-13). "YouTuber invents robotic basketball hoop to make sure you never miss". The Independent. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Vincent, James (2020-05-13). "Never miss a shot again with this robotic basketball hoop". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Grossman, David (18 May 2020). "Behind the basketball hoop that broke the internet". Inverse. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Guy Creates Curved Basketball Backboard That Makes The Majority Of Shots". Geekologie. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "This Guy Didn't Want to Get a Haircut in Public, So He Built a Robot Barber". news.yahoo.com. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Pescovitz, David (2020-07-20). "This man built a robot to cut his hair in quarantine". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Mike (2020-07-21). "Dude Made A Robot That Cuts His Hair With A Pair Of Scissors (And It Actually Works!)". SHOUTS. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Shane Wighton's Robot Puts Your Pumpkin Carving Kits to Shame". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ hackster.io. "Shane Wighton's Robot Puts Your Pumpkin Carving Kits to Shame". TechStreet. Retrieved 2020-10-31.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ditch Your Set of Irons for an Automatic Golf Club That Adjusts Itself Mid-Stroke". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "The golf club that compensates for bad skills | GolfMagic". www.golfmagic.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Conradie, Danie (2020-06-11). "A Robotic Golf Club To (Possibly) Boost Your Game". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Liszewski, Andrew (10 August 2020). "An Explosive Piston Inside This Baseball Bat Means Anyone Could Shatter the Home Run Record". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ By (2020-08-12). "A Special Baseball Bat With Explosive Hitting Power". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "The Continuing Saga of the Record-Breaking Explosive Baseball Bat". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Engineer Installs Piston in Baseball Bat That Lets You Hit Explosive Home Runs". TechEBlog. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ "Robotic Pool Stick Makes All the Aiming and Power Adjustments So You Sink Every Shot". Gizmodo. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
- ^ Making a Robot Chainsaw. Carving dogs., retrieved 2021-04-05
- ^ TWO Unpickable (?) Locks for Lock Picking Lawyer!, retrieved 2023-08-10
- ^ [1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here, retrieved 2023-08-10
- ^ "Shane Wighton on LinkedIn".
- ^ "Shane, Engineer". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Patents by Inventor Shane Wighton". Justia Patents. Retrieved 7 December 2020.