Troy graduated in July from the Fab Academy course in Digital Fabrication. Known as the 'How to make almost anything course' it is meant as a certification from MIT and the Waag Society in how to effectively design internet enabled objects on all of the digital fabrication tools available in a certified Fab Lab.

The fifteen week long, 35 hour a week course covers 2D Digital Drawing, Laser cutting/etching, 3D Scanning/Modeling/Printing, Electronics Design (Eagle Cad and others), Atmel Programming, Electronic Board Manufacturing, Embedded Programming (C++ programming for microcontrollers and other languages), 2 Axis Milling, 3 Axis Milling, Electronic Input/Output Device creation, Composites, Network Communication protocols, Python, HTML, Markdown, Subversion Control, Web Applications for Embedded devices, Machine Building, Copyright, Documentation and Project Management.

Complete documentation of the process can be found at fabacademy.org.