I am a tech designer and builder who sees the big picture — or at least tries to, in an age when most people prefer the small one.

I turn ideas into actual hardware devices that look at their surroundings and send back insights people and systems can actually use. Most of them rely on algorithms and AI models to solve concrete problems. You will find them in factories, where they help run processes automatically, and in the field, where they do reconnaissance. They’re sturdy enough to take a beating and often cheaper than the usual alternatives.

My aim is simple: the design should be clear and logical, and the device should work without pointless extras.

📐 My Designs

You can get your hands on many of my devices right away:

• Some I release as open source hardware, with full documentation, files, and reproduction rights posted on here on GitHub. Manufactured sample units of several of these projects sit in the Tarn Project's Sample Store, which also occasionally carries samples of interesting third-party open source projects.

• I also offer many designs for licensing — on either an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. Datasheets live on the Tarn Project's Website, and you can buy manufactured sample units from the Sample Store. If you want to talk licensing, feel free to contact me.

• I take on custom commissions and consulting work as well. These usually come with full assignment of the resulting intellectual property. Where a design has been exclusively licensed — or created through commission or consulting — what you see and what you can buy is entirely up to the licensee or assignee. That is their call, not mine.

🧠 My Main Tech

The Vilaine Project is my effort to bring distributed, edge-native intelligence to hardware. Drawing from the nervous systems of coleoid cephalopods—where most neurons live in the arms for autonomous local sensing and action—Vilaine embeds real intelligence at the edge instead of relying on constant central oversight.

At its heart are compact Coleoid Pods. Coleoid Nexus pods act as intelligent observers, fusing sensor data, spotting patterns, and escalating only meaningful summaries or anomalies. Coleid Impulse pods add autonomous actuation, triggering responses in real time while staying aligned with higher-level goals. This approach cuts bandwidth, boosts responsiveness, and creates resilient, low-power systems for factories, field reconnaissance, soft grippers, sensor networks, swarms, underwater vehicles, and more. These embody my design principles: clear architecture, no fluff, and intelligence placed exactly where it delivers value.

🏭 My Production System

The Tarn Project is building a production system for people who are tired of waiting on distant factories and fragile global supply chains. Called the Tarn Production System (TPS), it is a modular microfactory designed so that a single person can achieve meaningful output — more than prototype volumes, but well short of mass production. Instead of demanding huge capital, dedicated buildings, and full-time staff, TPS packs the entire manufacturing sequence into compact, reconfigurable cells covering design, electronics, additive manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and distribution. At its core sits a self-hosted management system that keeps all critical data and control firmly under local authority.

The real point of Tarn is not just making things, but making them intelligently. Product design is baked into the workflow, forcing every decision to respect the actual constraints and strengths of the production cells. The system starts simple in a workshop (TPS 1.0, c. 2026), then evolves toward greater portability and resilience with standardized cells that can be arranged in workshops, vehicles, shipping containers, or tighter spaces. It grows rugged for harsh environments (TPS 3.0, c. 2028) and keeps its eyes on the long game — perhaps even orbit, the lunar surface, or Mars (TPS 4.0, c. 2030+). Built for high-mix, low-volume work, TPS is intended for sturdy, cost-conscious devices that sense, process, and deliver actionable insights. In short, Tarn is a deliberate step toward manufacturing that is smaller, tougher, and far less dependent on the usual machinery of centralized industry — the kind of system one might eventually want to run for oneself.