Shane Wighton

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Shane Wighton
Robotic basketball hoop moves to catch your shot.jpg
Wighton in 2020
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte (BS, MS)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2020–present
Subscribers3.28 million[1][2]
Total views160 million[1][2]
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers
Updated: September 1, 2021

Shane Wighton is an American engineer best known for his YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here: an engineering-focused channel where Wighton builds various innovative inventions. Launched in March of 2020, as of August 2021, Stuff Made Here has over 3.01 million subscribers, over 143 million total views, and an average favorable rating of 98.6%. With average views over 5.5 million, the segments are amongst the most watched engineering project content on the platform.[3]

As of September 1, 2021, his most viewed video, entitled "Moving hoop won't let you miss", has over 22 million views.[4] In the video, he creates a basketball hoop that uses various motors to adjust its angle within a 600 millisecond timeframe, in order for the basketball to always go into the basketball net.[5][6][7] His first variation of the net was not built using electronics, but utilises a curved backboard in order to redirect the ball into the net from most angles.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, while stuck at home, he built a robot that cuts hair using various sensors and scissors.[9][10][11] For Halloween, he converted the hair-cutting machine into a machine that maps images and carves intricate designs onto pumpkins.[12][13] On June 2, 2020, he posted a video where he created a golf-club that automatically adjusts to achieve certain distances and club types.[14][15][16] 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.[17][18][19][20] 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 a 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.[21] In April 2021, Wighton made a "robotic chainsaw" using a chainsaw and a Tormach ZA06 Robot.[22]

Wighton's YouTube channel, Stuff Made Here, was nominated for the Technology Subject Award at the 10th Streamy Awards.[23]

Professional life[]

Wighton 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 (SLA) and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology.[25] He is an inventor on five patents and 13 pending applications.[26]

Gallery[]

  • Inventions

  • Robotic pool cue calculates the best possible shot

  • Second generation baseball bat using charges to launch a baseball

  • Baseball bat uses a charge to launch a baseball

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "About". SocialBlade. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Stuff Made Here". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Stuff Made Here's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  4. ^ "Stuff Made Here's Most Viewed YouTube Videos - Social Blade Stats". socialblade.com. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  5. ^ "YouTuber invents robotic basketball hoop to make sure you never miss". The Independent. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  6. ^ Vincent, James (2020-05-13). "Never miss a shot again with this robotic basketball hoop". The Verge. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  7. ^ Grossman, David. "Behind the basketball hoop that broke the internet". Inverse. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  8. ^ "Guy Creates Curved Basketball Backboard That Makes The Majority Of Shots". Geekologie. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  9. ^ "This Guy Didn't Want to Get a Haircut in Public, So He Built a Robot Barber". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  10. ^ Pescovitz, David (2020-07-20). "This man built a robot to cut his hair in quarantine". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Shane Wighton's Robot Puts Your Pumpkin Carving Kits to Shame". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  13. ^ hackster.io. "Shane Wighton's Robot Puts Your Pumpkin Carving Kits to Shame". TechStreet. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  14. ^ "Ditch Your Set of Irons for an Automatic Golf Club That Adjusts Itself Mid-Stroke". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  15. ^ "The golf club that compensates for bad skills | GolfMagic". www.golfmagic.com. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  16. ^ By (2020-06-11). "A Robotic Golf Club To (Possibly) Boost Your Game". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  17. ^ "An Explosive Piston Inside This Baseball Bat Means Anyone Could Shatter the Home Run Record". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  18. ^ By (2020-08-12). "A Special Baseball Bat With Explosive Hitting Power". Hackaday. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  19. ^ "The Continuing Saga of the Record-Breaking Explosive Baseball Bat". Hackster.io. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  20. ^ "Engineer Installs Piston in Baseball Bat That Lets You Hit Explosive Home Runs". TechEBlog. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  21. ^ "Robotic Pool Stick Makes All the Aiming and Power Adjustments So You Sink Every Shot". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2021-02-17.
  22. ^ Making a Robot Chainsaw. Carving dogs., retrieved 2021-04-05
  23. ^ "10th Annual Streamy Nominees & Winners". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  24. ^ "Shane Wighton on LinkedIn".
  25. ^ "Shane, Engineer". Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  26. ^ "Patents by Inventor Shane Wighton". Justia Patents. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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