https://cosecloud.com/posts/ Updates from Collaborative Science Environment: software releases, instruments and deliveries. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 02:22:33 +0000 https://cosecloud.com/posts/timelapse-video https://cosecloud.com/posts/timelapse-video Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A browser tool that turns the still images in a run's timelapse folder into an MP4 with an elapsed-time overlay, using the interval and start time from experiment.json. https://cosecloud.com/posts/asgsr-2026 https://cosecloud.com/posts/asgsr-2026 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Jerry and Richard will be exhibiting the current SciSpinner Max at the 42nd annual meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research, 2–5 December 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. https://cosecloud.com/posts/run-setup https://cosecloud.com/posts/run-setup Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A browser tool for preparing a SciSpinner Max configuration file, including motor speeds, run plan, lighting presets, camera settings and display settings, then downloading it as scispinner-config.json for the USB drive. https://cosecloud.com/posts/clinostat-simulator https://cosecloud.com/posts/clinostat-simulator Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 A browser-based simulator of the SciSpinner Max: set the frame and core speeds, watch the instrument turn, and see the motion sensor reading, time-averaged ⟨g⟩ and sphere coverage before a run. https://cosecloud.com/posts/website-tools-and-news https://cosecloud.com/posts/website-tools-and-news Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The g-level analysis page that ships in every run folder is now hosted at cosecloud.com/tools, and software releases and other news will be posted here. https://cosecloud.com/posts/software-1-4-0 https://cosecloud.com/posts/software-1-4-0 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The October release keeps chamber lighting within its power budget, redesigns the LED selector, changes the core status dot to indicate when the camera is usable, and includes reliability fixes identified during extended unattended operation. Available on request. https://cosecloud.com/posts/software-1-3-0 https://cosecloud.com/posts/software-1-3-0 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 The September update measures and removes the motion sensor's zero-g offset during a run, adds a Coverage tab, and puts an analysis page in every run folder. The update is free for every SciSpinner Max. https://cosecloud.com/posts/first-customer https://cosecloud.com/posts/first-customer Wed, 12 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000 COSE's first sale was a custom two-axis clinostat for NASA Ames Research Center in June 2019. https://cosecloud.com/posts/why-steppers https://cosecloud.com/posts/why-steppers Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:00:00 +0000 What each clinostat axis needs from its motor, five ways it could be driven, and why we chose the one we use. https://cosecloud.com/posts/second-prototype https://cosecloud.com/posts/second-prototype Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000 Eighteen months after the first bench rig: a sealed spherical chamber with a camera and LED ring inside, a motor on each axis, and a touchscreen controller. Built for the Gilroy lab at UW–Madison, before the company existed. https://cosecloud.com/posts/gbeta-social-impact https://cosecloud.com/posts/gbeta-social-impact Thu, 04 Oct 2018 12:00:00 +0000 COSE joined the first gBETA Social Impact cohort, run by gener8tor with the American Family Insurance Institute, and received a year of office space at StartingBlock in Madison. https://cosecloud.com/posts/first-prototype https://cosecloud.com/posts/first-prototype Sat, 22 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000 The oldest footage we have of a SciSpinner: a 3D-printed two-axis clinostat built as an undergraduate project at UW–Madison, running on a lab bench in April 2017. https://cosecloud.com/posts/startup-weekend https://cosecloud.com/posts/startup-weekend Sun, 24 Jul 2016 12:00:00 +0000 In July 2016 Jerry and two teammates took first place at Startup Weekend Madison EDU with FlashLapse, a 3D-printed time-lapse imaging chamber for classrooms. It was the earliest version of what became COSE. https://cosecloud.com/posts/terrace-sunset https://cosecloud.com/posts/terrace-sunset Wed, 25 May 2016 12:00:00 +0000 A time-lapse of the sunset over Lake Mendota, filmed from the Memorial Union Terrace in May 2016. While it was recording, Jerry met Richard, and the conversation that followed eventually became COSE.