FROM FICTIONAL INTERFACES TO WORKING INSTRUMENTS

Field notes.

Art makes a system legible. Science makes its behavior accountable.

SEPTEMBER 2026 / THE REIMAGINED LABORATORY

Build the capability
behind the spectacle.

A beautiful hologram is an interface idea. The useful invention is what happens behind it: finding a shape, tracing an observation, solving a constraint, comparing alternatives, or explaining a decision.

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WHAT THE ARTISTS ACTUALLY DID

Different minds.
Different instruments.

Territory’s Age of Ultron case study describes different research and visual identities for Stark’s engineering, Banner’s biology and Cho’s bioengineering. That is the useful lesson for this portfolio: each project should look like the subject it helps someone understand.

Sony Imageworks documents geometry-based linework, halftoning, hatching, print-inspired registration, stepped animation and drawn effects. Here, those ideas become readable edges, meaningful marks and brief response accents. Pointer input and scientific time remain continuous.

Territory also used photographed organic material and optical experimentation in Blade Runner 2049. A texture can be beautiful without being a scientific measurement; our labels keep that distinction visible.

FORM

Geometry explains relationships.

A cutaway, contour or dependency graph is chosen because it reveals the subject. A ring is useful only when something actually has a center.

RESPONSE

Motion answers an action.

The canopy settles toward a calculated result. A selected connection gains light. A comparison keeps its original geometry in view.

EVIDENCE

Every result has a boundary.

Current instruments, modeled observations and researched future capabilities are labeled separately. The reader can inspect sources and retain inputs.

CURRENT FOCUS / DOCUMENT REVIEW

Help someone finish
the review.

Fondeo puts the document beside the decision. Check an extracted invoice total, save a supported correction, and approve the exact revision you reviewed.

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Source → check → correction → approval

A working demonstration with a fictional invoice.

The current interface uses a local Node service or a labeled browser fallback. Python adapters, a Step Functions definition, and CloudFormation source exist separately. They have been checked with synthetic responses; they have not executed on AWS.

The next milestone is one connected document workflow with real extraction evidence, persistent review history, and verified tenant isolation.

THE OPEN TECHNOLOGY / WHAT IT REALLY ENABLES

Five folders, with a real path forward.

Form & force

Can the structure find its own shape?

General inverse form-finding: specify several geometric and force goals, optimize them with JAX FDM, then use Manifold to turn a selected design into inspectable solid geometry.

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JAX FDMMIT · Python / JAX

Differentiable equilibrium and inverse design of pin-jointed networks.

Researched future engine; not integrated. Structural certification is outside scope.

ManifoldApache-2.0 · browser WASM

Robust solid geometry, boolean cuts and model export.

A geometry kernel, not a stress solver. Not integrated yet.

Motion & mechanisms

What makes a thing move with purpose?

Teach an original articulated mechanism to follow a drawn path. Use real contact, joint limits and measured tracking error; choreograph the motion without hiding failed plans.

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MuJoCo / official WASMApache-2.0 source · browser WASM

Google DeepMind’s articulated dynamics engine now has maintained JavaScript bindings.

Bindings are still work in progress. They are researched, not installed here; planning and control still require implementation.

Openmovement OM10CC BY-SA 3.0 documentation

Published tooth counts, frequency and inertia ground the current watch study.

Original schematic geometry; not Rolex or Omega manufacturer CAD.

Light, sound & patterns

What could we understand if we could see it?

Light written by matter: draw a target image and optimize a simulated glass surface that projects it. A separate molecular study could inspect real structures and their provenance.

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Mitsuba / inverse causticsFree research renderer · BSD-style terms

Optimizes a glass heightfield to produce a target image through simulated light.

Requires a local/server Python/C++ job. It is not a browser shader trick or an implemented feature here.

Mol*MIT · browser WebGL

Real macromolecular structure inspection, selections and saved views.

A researched biology path. Molecular visualization does not predict folding or validate biological function.

Earth & place

How does technology learn to care for a place?

A replayable place study: compare changes in a coastal dataset through time, preserving coverage gaps, source revisions and uncertainty as visible layers.

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VTK.jsBSD-3-Clause · browser

Scientific geometry and scalar-volume visualization, clipping and data readers.

Rendering support is not an environmental model. New datasets need coverage, provenance and unit checks.

Wikidata data accessStructured data CC0

Sourced identifiers and coordinates for an open place atlas.

Current atlas already uses Wikidata. External media and CAD keep their own licenses.

Software & agency

Can we rehearse a decision before trusting it?

Turn real traces and declared system constraints into diagrams that stay readable while you change them. Keep AI proposals separate from the checks that accept them.

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Penrose / BloomMIT · browser / WASM

Constraint-based technical diagrams and interactive optimization.

A diagram optimizer, not a physical solver or proof that an architecture is correct. Researched, not integrated yet.

OpenTelemetry OTLPOpen specification

Recorded operation timing and parent relationships for inspectable software.

WEAVE already reads bounded local OTLP files. Recorded duration alone does not establish causality.

Use the right engine for the question.

The portfolio remains directly usable in a browser. MuJoCo’s official WASM bindings, Manifold and Mol* offer credible browser paths for future instruments. JAX FDM and Mitsuba need a different execution path: a local or hosted scientific job, with actual progress, cancellation and downloadable results.

Unreal can provide a separate spatial presentation once a model and interaction have earned it. It does not replace an equilibrium solver, a dataset’s provenance or a useful task. No new native Unreal scene or remotely streamed engine is claimed by this rebuild.

Primary repositories and studio accounts checked September 6, 2026. Current integrations and researched directions are distinguished in every folder. Original artwork and implementations; no affiliation with the studios or researchers. Existing instruments and route URLs are preserved.