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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Project: OpenSeis | The Distributed Fault Monitor
A global, open-hardware initiative to map micro-seismic activity using low-cost DIY sensors and open-source signal processing, democratizing the data that traditional seismology keeps behind paywalls.
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.
Project Mycelium-Mind: A DIY Terrarium Ecosystem to Visualize Decomposition
Turning a simple grocery store mushroom log into a sealed, self-sustaining incubator that generates new soil while teaching the fundamentals of biology.
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.
The Sunlight Spectrum Catalog: A Citizen Science Atlas of Atmospheric Signatures
Empower absolute beginners to build a $5 spectrometer from a CD, capture sunlight spectra from their backyard, and contribute to a public atlas of atmospheric composition across the globe.
OpenSeismo: A Global, Citizen-Driven Seismic Network for Subsurface Imaging
Imagine a world where anyone can deploy a low-cost seismometer and contribute to real-time 3D maps of the Earth's interior. OpenSeismo makes that possible with open hardware and open-source AI.
Project Rainbow: The Global Artificially Engineered Atmospheric Prism Initiative
What if we could summon rainbows on demand, anywhere on Earth? This project aims to build a distributed network of rainbow-generating drones to study light dispersion while spreading spontaneous joy across diverse communities.