Aidan Taylor
Director Medrau Maindee Makers CIC
Bridgend, Wales, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAidan Taylor is a designer-maker and technical leader with eight years’ experience bridging creative electronics, embedded systems and community-focused manufacturing. He has led the creation of Newport Makerspace/Creudy Casnewydd as chairperson and now directs Medrau Maindee Makers CIC while serving as Technical Director and Managing Director roles at HUG by LAUGH, the university spin-out behind the HUG™ sensory device for people with advanced dementia. His background in electronic musical instrument design and hardware development informs a pragmatic approach to prototyping, production and assistive-technology innovation, supported by AHRC and Welsh Government–funded projects. Aidan also brings academic rigour as a Lecturer in Computer Embedded Design and a PhD candidate, uniquely combining teaching, research and community organising to turn social-manufacture ideas into funded, real-world spaces and products.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Creative Music Practice, Distinction, Master's degree, Creative Music Practice, Distinction at University of Wales, Newport
Github Skills (40)
mp39
wav9
flac9
aac9
midi9
i2s9
speech-synthesizer9
embedded8
python8
arduino-library8
micropython8
dac8
microcontroller7
esp82667
webradio7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
AidanTek/ElectricNoodleBox
Apr 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:120 commits, 115 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
AidanTek/raspberrypi_eduroam_cardiffmet
Jul 2018 - Jul 2021
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch, 2 comments in 3 years
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