• Graduated from Bath University UK in Electronic Engineering.
• Worked on image recognition at Yokohama University, Japan.
• Worked for INMOS UK parallel computing company, wrote ray tracing software for their processors.
• Create with a friend Concurrent Images KK a Japanese based comapny which created ray traced animations for Japanese TV ads. I wrote the parallel processing software and designed and build the 24 bit graphics card.
• Wrote the C language software for graphics cards which used Texas Instruments graphics chips, Italy.
• Wrote the graphics display for AGV robot positions in a Swiss paper factory.
• Wrote a plug-in for AutoCAD which calculates light distribution in rooms.
• Created a "Sleepy Clock" for the Biennale Di Venezia which used stepper motors and a Forth language embedded computer. It reacted to sounds by moving the hands of the clock to the correct time.
• Write programs for lighting analyis (Italy, Current).
• Write programs for mechanical design (Italy, Current).
• Use the Arduino hardware + sensors & motors to create prototype toys and art
• Write and sell my own (Windows) programs via www.ransen.com.

I've published:

• AutoCAD programming in C/C++
• Ransen's ObjectARX course
• Candelas Lumens and Lux
• Inventor Programming in C++

The computer languages I currently use:

• C++
• C
• C#

I have also used in the past

• Java
• JavaScript
• Visual Basic
• Lisp
• AutoLISP
• Pascal
• Modular 2