ambient companion
[work-in-progress]
imagine a system that quietly accompanies you throughout your day, responding to your environment and behavior. this device extends your senses and memory, capturing experiences like conversations, thoughts, and impressions. it allows you to focus on the present while it manages the details in the background.
2024
ongoing exploration project
the starting point for this exploration is a simple thesis:
for AI to become truly useful and genuinely personal in everyday life it needs context. not just data, but a sense of where we are, what we’re doing, and what might matter in a given moment.
sensors, physical cues, and subtle environmental signals play a key role in enabling that.
based on this idea, the project explores a system made up of both software and a dedicated hardware component. the software handles tasks like recognition, memory, and behavior. the hardware serves as a physical anchor in the real world.
it allows the system to sense its surroundings, respond to situations more directly, and become part of everyday life in a way that purely screen-based solutions can’t.
this setup is not intended as a product, but as a tool for investigation. it opens up questions about how and where such a system might live, how visible or invisible it should be, and how it could integrate into daily routines without becoming intrusive.
the goal was to rethink how we deal with information in ways that feel familiar. inspired by old analog systems like rotary card files or archival drawers, a sorting logic began to take shape. one that offers orientation without complexity.
the project sits somewhere between concept and application: not finished, but tangible. the current state is a kind of in-between.
a prototype, a testing ground, a conversation about what could be.