{"id":118007,"date":"2022-06-02T15:03:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T19:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=118007"},"modified":"2022-09-19T14:01:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:01:32","slug":"tasker-smith","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/profile\/tasker-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasker Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tasker earned his BA from Bates College in studio and performing arts, followed by an Associate of Applied Science degree from Dunwoody College of Technology with a concentration in Machine Tool Technology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A love of design, fabrication and technology led to positions in a variety of industries \u2013 including special effects for television, toy design, 3D printing and product design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After serving as the Mechanical Prototyping Lead at Continuum, a global innovation and design consultancy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.continuuminnovation.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/www.continuuminnovation.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1654282724161000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1xXxUtjoBZQWJb3gZpB00A\">www.continuuminnovation.com<\/a>), he turned to the field of education \u2013 where he served as a Technical Instructor at MIT for several years, mentoring students in the practical application of new technology and the process of iterative prototype development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He lives in Natick Massachusetts with his wife, two boys, two cats, and a dusty barn full of pinball machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18289,"template":"","affiliation":[149],"department":[131],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/118007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/118007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118011,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/118007\/revisions\/118011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"affiliation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliation?post=118007"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=118007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}