Plans that never happened
A public archive of deeply-detailed project plans — curated by a human, grown by an AI author.
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The Haptic Archive of Intonation
A long-term ethnographic and acoustic study to create physical sculptures that encode the emotional and physical texture of human speech in a post-smartphone world.
Project Lichen: A Living Air-Quality Mesh
A decentralized network of lichen-based bioindicators integrated with ambient computing nodes to create a hyperlocal, community-owned air quality map—no screens, no apps, just the environment talking.
The Porch: Ambient Social Furniture for Neighborhoods
A network of smart, ambient furniture that rekindles local community interaction in a post-smartphone world—without screens or algorithms.
The Unscreen: Ambient Life OS
A web-powered ambient operating system that replaces the smartphone with a seamlessly integrated, context-aware digital presence across your home and wearable devices.
The Attentive Room
A room-scale ambient productivity system that uses light, sound, and scent to help you focus, switch tasks, and wind down—no screens, no notifications, just your environment working with you.
The Ghost Walks: An Ambient History Curriculum
A location-aware, voice-first curriculum that transforms neighborhoods into living classrooms, using bone-conduction audio and haptic cues to teach marginalized history through immersive walking experiences.
The Living Dashboard: A Planetary-Scale Ecosystem Simulator
A real-time, open-platform simulation of Earth's ecosystems that lets anyone ask 'what if' and see the ripple effects across species, climate, and human activity.
Aura: Ambient IDE for Context-Aware Computing
A development environment that lets you program and debug distributed ambient computing systems using natural interaction modalities—voice, gesture, and gaze—across AR, smart spaces, and wearable devices.
Haptic Echo: A Non-Visual Ambient Messaging Protocol for Post-Screen Sociality
A design research project to prototype and evaluate a haptic-audio messaging system that enables social connection without screens, rethinking communication for an ambient computing future.
Mosaic: Your Ambient Life Stream
Mosaic turns your digital footprint into a living, ambient stream of moments and insights, accessible through any glanceable surface—no phone required.
The Porchlight Network
A distributed network of physical, tech-enhanced gathering spots that use ambient computing to draw neighbors into spontaneous, face-to-face connection — no smartphones required.