Projects.
A decade of builds, ventures, residencies, and experiments. Some are finished. Some are still being argued with.
Augmentation Lab ↗
A 1,000+ member global community of philosopher-builders developing human enhancement tech across AI, BCI, wearables, XR, and low-tech tools. Three summer residencies, 50+ projects, 45 fellows, the Human Augmentation Summit (300+ attendees).
A(I)nimism — AI is the new god
"The world used to be a sacred place, full of chatty and companionable objects." A portal enabling you to speak with the spirit in each object. Multimodal AI bringing life back to things.
NeuroChat ↗
A neuroadaptive AI tutor that combines generative AI with real-time EEG to personalize learning. Closed-loop adjustment of complexity, style, and pacing. With Pattie Maes. CUI '25.
Measuring Confusion with EEG & Eye-Tracking ↗
Detecting reading-induced confusion through EEG and eye-tracking signals — toward interfaces that notice when a reader gets lost. With Pattie Maes.
AI Avatars for Dating ↗
Data-driven AI avatars exploring depth and authenticity in digital dating beyond swipe-based valuation. With Pattie Maes.
Society of Scientists
1st place at the AGI House × Sundai AI Agents Hackathon at MIT. 9 specialized AI agents on Jamba long-context models that read literature, brainstorm, and draft a grant proposal from a single research prompt.
Scientist AI Twins
MIT class project on personalized AI agents modeled after real scientists, grounded in their top-cited papers. Two twins in conversation: one proposes, one challenges. Toward automated digital science twins as a primitive for hypothesis generation.
Sustainable Technology Goals ↗
Guideposts for a future we want. A call for a collective, transdisciplinary effort to codify principles for present-day technology development. Organized by the Augmentation Lab.
DIY AI Pin ↗
How to make Humane for less than $100. Wearable AI is the hot new Silicon Valley trend — I'm making my own open-source, cheap AI pin.
Conceptual Tales
Teaching concepts through AI-generated analogies from popular story worlds. With Pattie Maes.
Photobleach ↗
HTMAA Machining Week group project: build a complete machine in one week, mechanism to UI. A CoreXY rig that prints photographs onto fabric in bleach or ink, decomposing each image into droplets via halftoning, path planning, and drop sizing. I led the 19-person team — ironically, as I wasn't even a Harvard student.
Send Me a Cute Message From Anywhere ↗
HTMAA networking + applications week: a tiny ESP32 stitched to four 8×8 LED matrices, polling a Glitch-hosted Node server for the latest message. Anyone with the link can send a note that lights up on the desk.
Enact!
Augmenting difficult conversations through AI-mediated role-play.
Imagination Engine II
Exploring image reconstruction from low-channel EEG.
Augmentation Residency 2023
A 10-week immersive hacker residency to explore and augment the human condition. Co-organized in San Francisco — 7 creative technologists lived together for 2.5 months to build augmentation tech across AI, BCI, wearables, XR, and no-tech / low-tech tools.
Studierendenforum im Tönissteiner Kreis e.V.
Two-year leadership term on the executive board of a German student forum, with the diversity officer portfolio.
e-rey
Integrating sustainability into the K-12 curriculum.
Zeitzeugen
A digital time capsule for the decentralized web.
Floresta
Venture design for the Hult Prize for Social Entrepreneurship.
A Biased Story?
Narratives of the bad company, failing government, and good ordinary people. An exploration in narrative economics.
Project 'Breitspur'
Futuristic train terminals for the Belt and Road Initiative.
HomeByHome
Venture design for the Hult Prize for Social Entrepreneurship.