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Project ↕	Client ↕	Collection ↕	Year ↕	Status ↕
Freelance	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2022	production
Dispensers	hyphen	consumer_electronics	2021	production
Backsplash / Infrastructure Slot	hyphen	consumer_electronics	2021	production
Makeline	hyphen	consumer_electronics	2021	production
Portion Cup	hyphen	consumer_electronics	2021	production
Pet Scale	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2019	production
battery lock	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2019	production
bay wheels	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2018	production
IOT module	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2018	production
Switches	noon	consumer_electronics	2017	production
Extension Switch (Elvis)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016	production
Wall Plate (Waldo)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016
BFD	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2016	production
Room Director (Sativa)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016
Bazooka (Base Station)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016	production
Glyph 2	avegant	consumer_electronics	2015	production
Avegant Glyph	avegant	consumer_electronics	2015	production
Glyph	avegant	consumer_electronics	2015	production
Strato Terra	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2015
Strato	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
KSERVER-1500 'Hunter'	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
M700 / DV700 Vault	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
Canary	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2014	concept
Gosford	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2014	concept
Robin	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2014	concept
Stratus	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2014	concept
Sundance	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2014	concept
Cinema One (Codenamed Macduff)	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2013	production
320-Slot Carousel	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2011	production
KVAULT-10	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2010	production
M700 Vesta Vault Recovery	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2010	production
Disc Cartridges	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2010	production
Weemote	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2010	production
M500	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2010	production
M300	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2010	production
Jewel	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2009	production
K-Remote	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2009	production
KSYSTEM-120	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KSERVER-5000	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
Speed Reader	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KSERVER-2500	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KPLAYER-2500	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KPLAYER-6000	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KPLAYER-300	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
KPLAYER-5000	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
Morpheus	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2008	prototype
Mbox 2 Micro	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
Rack 003	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
Mbox 2 Mini	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
SC48	digidesign	pro_audio	2007	production
Digi 003	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2006	production
Mbox 2 Pro	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2006	production
Sugarfoot	mechanistic	pro_audio	2006	concept
Mbox 2	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
C\|24	digidesign	pro_audio	2005	production
D-Show	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
Profile	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
Venue Live Sound	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005
D-Command	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2004	production
Pro Control Jr	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
Rack 002	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
Mbox	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
D-Control	digidesign	pro_audio	2003	production
Entwhistle	mechanistic	pro_audio	2003	concept
Xbox	microsoft, ultimatetv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	production
Receiver 5	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	production
Mars (WebTV)	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	concept
xbox-redesign	microsoft, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	concept
Motorola MP3	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	production
Receiver 4	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2002	production
Minimerc	microsoft, webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	concept
Receiver 3	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
Receiver 2	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
Mercury LC	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
usb box	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
Remotes	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
Receiver 1	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	production
WebTV Galaxy	microsoft, webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	prototype
Node	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
WebTV Pluto (CES Demo)	microsoft, webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	prototype
webtv-mercury	webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	concept
Media Nodes	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
webtv-titan	webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	concept
Zeus	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000
Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	prototype
MP6000 MP3 Player	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
LapTV	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Remote	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Cortez	webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	prototype
Netscreen-500	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Cambria	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	concept
SGI 320 540	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1998	production
HP Jornada	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1998	production
DVDO Player	frogdesign	consumer_electronics	1998	production
Vadem Clio	frogdesign	consumer_electronics	1997	production
KaVo Dental Unit 1	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1997	production
KaVo Dental Unit 2	frogdesign	consumer_electronics	1997	production
Acer subwoofer	frogdesign, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1997	production
Newscorp STB	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1997	production
Acer Aspire	frogdesign	consumer_electronics	1996	production
PB Convertible	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1996	production
Fissler BBQ	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1995	production
Sunbeam window toaster	mechanistic	consumer_appliance	1995	production
Sunbeam toaster	mechanistic	consumer_appliance	1995	production
Frantic Frames	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1992	production
Indy	silicon_graphics	consumer_electronics	1992	production
Indigo II	silicon_graphics	consumer_electronics	1991	production
Iris File	silicon_graphics	consumer_electronics	1990	production
Indigo	silicon_graphics	consumer_electronics	1989	production
Personal IRIS	silicon_graphics	consumer_electronics	1989	production
EPT-1000	ep_technologies	consumer_electronics	1987	production

Freelance

production

2022 consumer_electronics

Freelance

Independent mechanical consulting practice (2022-25): concept-to-prototype development across consumer electronics, medical devices, and robotics under the Mechanistic banner.

mechanistic

Dispensers

production

2021 consumer_electronics

Dispensers

Sub-counter automated dispensers for Hyphen's augmented makeline (2021-22): part of the system that reached 350 meals/hour at 99%+ accuracy — a 17x capacity lift over human-only assembly lines.

hyphen

production

2021 consumer_electronics

Backsplash / Infrastructure Slot

The Hyphen makeline's 'PC Case' (2021-22): a factory-grade control cabinet compressed into a six-inch kitchen backsplash — custom EtherCAT backplane boards cutting control volume 50%, IP69K washdown cooling, and the dead-front Makelight interface closing the human QA loop.

hyphen

Makeline

production

2021 consumer_electronics

Makeline

Hyphen Augmented Makeline (2021-22): sub-counter automated bowl and salad assembly that decoupled digital order volume from the front line — 65% of the digital mix automated without touching the visible theater of food.

hyphen

Portion Cup

production

2021 consumer_electronics

Portion Cup

Hyphen portion-cup dispensing module (2021): plus-or-minus 2% portion accuracy across variable fluid viscosities — down from the industry's 15% — with sub-second dispensing for automated digital orders.

hyphen

Pet Scale

production

2019 consumer_electronics

Pet Scale

Technical due diligence on a smart pet-scale acquisition target (2019): audited the IoT load-cell platform's mechanical architecture, firmware stability, and manufacturability. The job wasn't building it — it was breaking it.

mechanistic

battery lock

production

2019 consumer_electronics

battery lock

Electromechanical battery lock ('Halfdome') for a shared micromobility fleet (2019): theft- and pry-resistant retention that survives potholes at 20 mph yet lets authorized swap teams exchange packs in seconds.

mechanistic

bay wheels

production

2018 consumer_electronics

bay wheels

Mechanical engineering for Lyft's Bay Wheels next-generation shared e-bike ('Watson', 2018-19): vandal-resistant fastening, five-year outdoor durability, and battery integration for hardware that is really public infrastructure.

mechanistic

IOT module

production

2018 consumer_electronics

IOT module

'Sonoma' IoT module for the Watson e-bike (2018-19): cellular, GPS, and main compute packaged in an RF-transparent, impact-rated fender enclosure with passive thermal management.

mechanistic

Switches

production

2017 consumer_electronics

Switches

Noon extension switch production (2017-18): Thread wireless mesh tuned to broadcast from inside a metal junction box, with a simplified tactile interface matching the Room Director's design language.

noon

Extension Switch (Elvis)

production

2016 consumer_electronics

Extension Switch (Elvis)

Noon 'Elvis' extension switch (2016-18): recovered 100% yield in EVT2 by isolating a microscopic 0.1 mm CAD geometry offset that threatened mass-production viability.

noon

Wall Plate (Waldo)

2016 consumer_electronics

Wall Plate (Waldo)

Noon 'Waldo' wall plates and chassis (2016-17): a screwless multi-gang system whose tolerance stack-up analysis guaranteed flawless cosmetic alignment around the Sativa and Elvis modules.

noon

BFD

production

2016 consumer_electronics

BFD

Independent consulting build ('BFD', 2016-24): rapid concept-to-functional-prototype mechanical development under the Mechanistic banner; full forensic record pending digitization.

mechanistic

Room Director (Sativa)

2016 consumer_electronics

Room Director (Sativa)

Noon Room Director 'Sativa' (2016-17): a touch-sensitive lighting controller meant to replace the light switch — carried through catastrophic chemical and drop reliability failures in validation to production readiness.

noon

Bazooka (Base Station)

production

2016 consumer_electronics

Bazooka (Base Station)

Base-station wall plate and chassis ('Bazooka') for the Noon lighting system (2016-17): high-voltage termination, structural mounting, and module retention — recovered from validation-phase mechanical seizures to a 1,500-unit production ramp.

noon

Glyph 2

production

2015 consumer_electronics

Glyph 2

Second-generation Glyph development at Avegant (2015-17): iterating the personal-theater architecture for fit, weight, and manufacturability.

avegant

Avegant Glyph

production

2015 consumer_electronics

Avegant Glyph

Lead mechanical architect for the Avegant Glyph 'personal theater' (2015-17): head-mounted display optics fused into high-fidelity headphones, with headband fatigue life averaging 81,000 destruction cycles — 3x the 25,000-cycle requirement.

avegant

Glyph

production

2015 consumer_electronics

Glyph

Avegant Glyph mechanical program (2015-17): wearable-AR packaging in SolidWorks — display optics, audio, and battery negotiated into a single head-worn form factor.

avegant

Strato Terra

2015 consumer_electronics

Strato Terra

High-capacity movie server for the Strato ecosystem.

kaleidescape

Strato

production

2014 consumer_electronics

Strato

Kaleidescape Strato (2014-15): the first player designed silicon-up for bit-perfect 4K HDR — Secure Video Path hardware DRM that Hollywood would sign off on for early-window downloads.

kaleidescape

KSERVER-1500 'Hunter'

production

2014 consumer_electronics

KSERVER-1500 'Hunter'

Kaleidescape KSERVER-1500 'Hunter' refresh (2014): supply-chain triage against a hard EOL cliff — four power supplies failed qualification before the fifth passed, consumer NAS drives earned an enterprise slot, and a 300-chipset Last Time Buy bridged the line to the next generation.

kaleidescape

M700 / DV700 Vault

production

2014 consumer_electronics

M700 / DV700 Vault

Emergency stabilization of the installed fleet. Multi-threaded root cause analysis of critical field failures.

kaleidescape

Canary

concept

2014 consumer_electronics

Canary

Archival record: 'Canary' module concept (2014). Multiverse registry scaffold — full forensic restoration pending.

mechanistic

Gosford

concept

2014 consumer_electronics

Gosford

Archival record: 'Gosford' concept exploration (2014). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

Robin

concept

2014 consumer_electronics

Robin

Archival record: 'Robin' home-entertainment concept (2014). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

Stratus

concept

2014 consumer_electronics

Stratus

Archival record: 'Stratus' home-entertainment concept (2014). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

Sundance

concept

2014 consumer_electronics

Sundance

Kaleidescape 'Sundance' 4-disk server NPI (2014-15): PROTO1 build execution and recovery from critical cosmetic plastics failures against a 2,000-unit first-year ramp.

mechanistic

Cinema One (Codenamed Macduff)

production

2013 consumer_electronics

Cinema One (Codenamed Macduff)

Kaleidescape Cinema One 'Macduff' (2013-15): the sub-$1k movie server rescued from a cosmetic yield collapse — inspection rules re-engineered instead of tooling, raising vendor yield from 15.6% to 60-70% and ending a factory line-down with 366 air-freighted covers.

kaleidescape

320-Slot Carousel

production

2011 consumer_electronics

320-Slot Carousel

High-density 320-slot optical carousel for Kaleidescape's disc vaults: stabilized injection-molding yield on a 386 mm precision part so robotic disc loading stayed accurate despite the thermal instability of large-diameter molding.

kaleidescape

KVAULT-10

production

2010 consumer_electronics

KVAULT-10

Kaleidescape KVAULT-10 modular disc vault (2010-11): 320-disc robotic capacity expansion sharing the M700's carousel core with simplified electronics.

kaleidescape

M700 Vesta Vault Recovery

production

2010 consumer_electronics

M700 Vesta Vault Recovery

Kaleidescape M700 'Vesta' disc vault recovery (2010-11): forensic root-cause analysis that arrested fleet-wide disc jams, scratching, and read errors driven by mechanical tolerance drift in the robotic carousel.

kaleidescape

Disc Cartridges

production

2010 consumer_electronics

Disc Cartridges

50-disc cartridge magazine for Kaleidescape's KSERVER generation (2010): injection-molded ABS bulk loading that legally bound each physical DVD to its digital import.

kaleidescape

Weemote

production

2010 consumer_electronics

Weemote

Kaleidescape 'Weemote' (2010): a five-button remote a three-year-old can drive — toy-grade durability validated by throwing it across the room, simplified to play/pause and cover art.

mechanistic

M500

production

2010 consumer_electronics

M500

Kaleidescape M500 player (2010): M-Class playback engine engineered to stack ten-high in a rack without overheating — including the 'flaming SATA' supply-chain forensics from the field.

kaleidescape

M300

production

2010 consumer_electronics

M300

Kaleidescape M300 client player (2010): fanless by design — a continuous-cast aluminum chassis doubling as the heat sink for silent secondary-zone playback.

kaleidescape

Jewel

production

2009 consumer_electronics

Jewel

Kaleidescape 'Jewel' Movie Player 2 (2009-10): machined-aluminum faceplate in the signature Arc design language — a rack player meant to look as premium as the cinema it serves.

kaleidescape

K-Remote

production

2009 consumer_electronics

K-Remote

Kaleidescape K-Remote (2009): a cinema remote designed for the dark — motion-activated EL backlighting and a custom dome array tuned for a certain click that never disturbs the movie.

kaleidescape

KSYSTEM-120

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KSYSTEM-120

Kaleidescape KSYSTEM-120 'Orpheus' (2008-09): salvaged the signature 'Glow' aesthetic and unblocked the paint/masking bottleneck, lifting line throughput from 3 to 20 units per hour.

kaleidescape

KSERVER-5000

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KSERVER-5000

Kaleidescape KSERVER-5000 'k2' (2008-09): headless enterprise-grade storage engineered for bit-perfect movie preservation inside a residential acoustic and thermal envelope.

kaleidescape

Speed Reader

production

2008 consumer_electronics

Speed Reader

Kaleidescape 'Speed Reader' bulk disc loader (2008-09): 15x-speed ingestion hardware so a 5,000-disc library doesn't take a librarian's lifetime to import.

kaleidescape

KSERVER-2500

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KSERVER-2500

Kaleidescape KSERVER-2500 5U server (2008): K-OS era movie storage with hot-swappable canister drive carriers — one of the original disc-library behemoths.

kaleidescape

KPLAYER-2500

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KPLAYER-2500

Kaleidescape KPLAYER-2500 1U player (2008): K-Class DVD-era hardware — region-free drive integration and 480p-to-1080p upscaling in a rack-mount chassis.

kaleidescape

KPLAYER-6000

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KPLAYER-6000

Kaleidescape KPLAYER-6000 'Apollo' (2008-09): the bridge player that upscaled legacy DVD libraries to 1080p and established the 1U chassis architecture for the high-definition transition.

kaleidescape

KPLAYER-300

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KPLAYER-300

Kaleidescape KPLAYER-300 mini player (2008-09): the compact K-Class unit, including the fight to hold both conductive coating and cosmetic texture on its plastic housings.

kaleidescape

KPLAYER-5000

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KPLAYER-5000

Kaleidescape KPLAYER-5000 Movie Player 2 (2008): K-Class DVD playback with high-end 1080p upscaling, engineered for the custom-install rack.

kaleidescape

Morpheus

prototype

2008 consumer_electronics

Morpheus

'Morpheus' pilot rescue (2008-09): traced a catastrophic 100% digital failure rate to mechanical violence — PCB flex during assembly — salvaging 350 units and stabilizing logistics across 400 unique SKUs.

mechanistic

Mbox 2 Micro

production

2007 consumer_electronics

Mbox 2 Micro

Mbox 2 Micro (2007-08): Pro Tools in a thumb-drive form factor — the smallest key to the platform, packaged for laptop-bag life.

digidesign

Rack 003

production

2007 consumer_electronics

Rack 003

Digidesign 003 Rack (2007): the project-studio flagship's rack-mount sibling — pro audio I/O packaging engineered for silence and serviceability.

digidesign

Mbox 2 Mini

production

2007 consumer_electronics

Mbox 2 Mini

Mbox 2 Mini (2007): the entry-level Pro Tools interface — compact enclosure engineering balancing cost, I/O, and desk presence.

digidesign

production

2007 pro_audio

SC48

The 'Embedded Live Sound' console (Lux/Capaldi): a 16-configuration thermal DOE that killed a 75°C show-stopping shutdown via 3U-to-4U re-architecture, with a folded-steel 'Origami Spine' replacing banned aluminum extrusions to hold mechanicals at 20% of COGS.

digidesign

Digi 003

production

2006 consumer_electronics

Digi 003

Digi 003 FireWire control surface (2006-07): eight touch-sensitive motorized faders and a jog wheel weighted like a tape machine, bridging the bedroom studio and the pro room.

digidesign

production

2006 consumer_electronics

Mbox 2 Pro

Mbox 2 Pro (2006): FireWire-powered professional audio interface — expanded I/O and clocking in a fanless desktop chassis.

digidesign

Sugarfoot

concept

2006 pro_audio

Sugarfoot

Archival record: 'Sugarfoot' pro-audio input-device concept (2006). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

production

2005 consumer_electronics

Mbox 2

Digidesign Mbox 2 (2005): pro audio inside USB 1.1's 500 mA power budget — 48V phantom power, dorm-room durability, and the $10,000 studio compressed to $495.

digidesign

production

2005 pro_audio

C|24

Mechanical engineering lead for Digidesign's C|24 control surface: a ground-up RoHS re-architecture that killed a ~$200/unit royalty, held a 51.8% gross margin through a supply-chain collapse, and shipped 500 units for Q4 2007 revenue.

digidesign

production

2005 consumer_electronics

D-Show

Mechanical engineering on Digidesign's D-Show live console (2005): VENUE-era control surface hardware built for front-of-house, where a crash doesn't mean a reboot — it means the show stops.

digidesign

Profile

production

2005 consumer_electronics

Profile

Digidesign VENUE Profile (2005): live-sound console engineering where a crash gets you fired — redundant power and compute, with walkable ergonomics across a five-foot control surface.

digidesign

Venue Live Sound

2005 consumer_electronics

Venue Live Sound

Digidesign's entry into the Live Sound market.

digidesign

production

2004 consumer_electronics

D-Command

The mid-format control surface that integrated D-Control architecture into a cost-effective $15k package.

digidesign

Pro Control Jr

production

2003 consumer_electronics

Pro Control Jr

Digidesign ProControl-era control surface work (2003-04): modular mixing hardware mechanical engineering for the Pro Tools flagship line.

digidesign

Rack 002

production

2003 consumer_electronics

Rack 002

Digidesign 002-era rack interface (2003): 45 W of thermal dissipation in a sealed, fanless 2U chassis while holding analog signal integrity in a high-EMI environment.

digidesign

Mbox

production

2003 consumer_electronics

Mbox

Digidesign Mbox program (2003): the USB hardware key to the Pro Tools kingdom — studio-grade audio I/O engineered for backpacks and tour-bus bunks.

digidesign

production

2003 pro_audio

D-Control

Digidesign D-Control 'Buckley' (2003-04): the ICON flagship console scaled 16 to 80 faders through a tolerance-physics war — a 50% fader-pan rejection recovered, a 2-month DFM campaign compressed into 2.5 weeks, and a V-2 flammability 'tinderbox' contained before a single board shipped.

digidesign

Entwhistle

concept

2003 pro_audio

Entwhistle

Archival record: 'Entwhistle' pro-audio module concept (2003). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

production

2002 consumer_electronics

Xbox

Microsoft Xbox program work (2002): thermal architecture for a console running hotter than anything before it, plus the breakaway controller-cable safety feature that kept consoles on shelves.

microsoftultimatetv

Receiver 5

production

2002 consumer_electronics

Receiver 5

Fifth-generation WebTV receiver (2002): final-era iteration of the passively cooled set-top platform.

mechanistic

Mars (WebTV)

concept

2002 consumer_electronics

Mars (WebTV)

Archival record: 'Mars' WebTV-era concept (2002). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

xbox-redesign

concept

2002 consumer_electronics

xbox-redesign

Archival record: Xbox enclosure redesign concept for Microsoft (2002). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

microsoftmechanistic

Motorola MP3

production

2002 consumer_electronics

Motorola MP3

Motorola MP600 'Typan' (2002): a tie-clip MP3 accessory bridging cellular and digital audio — phone-powered with SD/MMC storage and USB transfer, no disposable batteries.

mechanistic

Receiver 4

production

2002 consumer_electronics

Receiver 4

Fourth-generation WebTV receiver (2002): platform refresh extending the fanless, sub-$200 set-top architecture.

mechanistic

Minimerc

concept

2001 consumer_electronics

Minimerc

Mechanical redesign of the 'Mercury Low Cost' (MLC) set-top box for Microsoft/WebTV, compacting the HDD mounting bracket to resolve depth, thermal, and EMI shielding constraints ahead of FCS release.

microsoftwebtv

Receiver 3

production

2001 consumer_electronics

Receiver 3

Third-generation WebTV receiver (2001): platform evolution under tighter cost ceilings — passive cooling and living-room acoustics held constant.

mechanistic

Receiver 2

production

2001 consumer_electronics

Receiver 2

Second-generation WebTV receiver (2001): cost-down and thermal iteration on the sub-$200 fanless set-top architecture.

mechanistic

Mercury LC

production

2001 consumer_electronics

Mercury LC

'Mercury LC' receiver program (2001-02): WebTV-lineage set-top hardware against sub-$200 cost ceilings and fanless living-room thermal constraints.

mechanistic

usb box

production

2001 consumer_electronics

usb box

'USB Box' connectivity hardware (2001): compact consumer peripheral enclosure from the early consulting years; record digitization pending.

mechanistic

Remotes

production

2001 consumer_electronics

Remotes

Remote control family program (2001): multi-SKU input-device mechanical design from the early consulting years.

mechanistic

Receiver 1

production

2001 consumer_electronics

Receiver 1

WebTV Receiver 1 'Galaxy' (2001): the launch vehicle for internet-on-your-TV — a full computer with modem shipped under $200, passively cooled for the living room.

mechanistic

prototype

2001 consumer_electronics

WebTV Galaxy

The "Missing Link" between WebTV and Xbox. A 150W thermal crisis that forced the evolution of the living room console.

microsoftwebtv

Node

production

2000 consumer_electronics

Node

'Node' smart-home endpoint (2000-01): compact connected-device enclosure from the HomeNet-era consulting portfolio; record digitization pending.

mechanistic

WebTV Pluto (CES Demo)

prototype

2000 consumer_electronics

WebTV Pluto (CES Demo)

The 'Impossible Load' Holiday Sprint for CES.

microsoftwebtv

webtv-mercury

concept

2000 consumer_electronics

webtv-mercury

Archival record: WebTV 'Mercury' platform concept (2000-01). Multiverse registry scaffold — full forensic restoration pending.

webtvmechanistic

Media Nodes

production

2000 consumer_electronics

Media Nodes

Distributed media-node enclosures for the HomeNet-era connected home (2000-01): compact networked A/V endpoints from the early independent consulting years.

mechanistic

webtv-titan

concept

2000 consumer_electronics

webtv-titan

Archival record: WebTV 'Titan' set-top concept (2000). Multiverse registry scaffold — restoration pending.

webtvmechanistic

Zeus

2000 consumer_electronics

Zeus

Rapid prototyping of the WebTV "Zeus" server and "Pluto" node.

mechanistic

Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)

prototype

2000 consumer_electronics

Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)

WebTV 'Elmer/Zeus' HomeNet server (2000-01): roadworthy CES 2001 demonstration enclosures that grafted PCI extensibility onto legacy Mercury hardware in a four-week window.

mechanistic

MP6000 MP3 Player

production

2000 consumer_electronics

MP6000 MP3 Player

MP6000 MP3 player program (2000): early portable digital-audio mechanical design from the independent consulting years.

mechanistic

LapTV

production

2000 consumer_electronics

LapTV

'LapTV' portable television build (2000): early independent consulting project; full forensic record pending digitization.

mechanistic

Remote

production

2000 consumer_electronics

Remote

Remote control program (2000): consumer input-device mechanical design from the HomeNet-era consulting years.

mechanistic

prototype

2000 consumer_electronics

Cortez

WebTV 'Cortez' reference wireless keyboard (2000-02): transformed loose industrial-design sketches into a manufacturable, organically surfaced hard model for ODM hand-off on a compressed timeline.

webtvmechanistic

Netscreen-500

production

2000 consumer_electronics

Netscreen-500

NetScreen-500 enterprise firewall (2000): chassis mechanical design for dense networking hardware — serviceability and thermal management in a 19-inch rack format.

mechanistic

Cambria

concept

2000 consumer_electronics

Cambria

Archival record: 'Cambria' input-device concept (2000). Multiverse registry scaffold — full forensic restoration pending.

mechanistic

production

1998 consumer_electronics

SGI 320 540

SGI Visual Workstation 320/540 program (1998): enclosure mechanical design work bridging the MIPS-to-Intel workstation transition.

mechanistic

production

1998 consumer_electronics

HP Jornada

Frog Design mechanical work on HP's Jornada 430-class handhelds (1998): palmtop packaging from the era when color screens and battery life fought over the same millimeters.

mechanistic

DVDO Player

production

1998 consumer_electronics

DVDO Player

Mechanical design at Frog Design for the DVDO DVD player (1998): consumer A/V enclosure work from the consultancy's concepts-to-CAD-in-days era.

frogdesign

production

1997 consumer_electronics

Vadem Clio

Vadem Clio at Frog Design (1997): the swing-arm Windows CE pen tablet — hinge kinematics that turned a laptop into a slate a decade ahead of schedule.

frogdesign

production

1997 consumer_electronics

KaVo Dental Unit 1

KaVo dental unit mechanical design at Frog Design (1997): clinical hardware packaging from the consultancy era's dental-chairs-to-PDAs portfolio.

mechanistic

KaVo Dental Unit 2

production

1997 consumer_electronics

KaVo Dental Unit 2

Second KaVo dental unit program at Frog Design (1997): production mechanical design for clinical equipment with consumer-grade fit and finish.

frogdesign

Acer subwoofer

production

1997 consumer_electronics

Acer subwoofer

Subwoofer enclosure for the Acer Aspire system (1997): production mechanical design in Pro/Engineer from the Frog Design consultancy era.

frogdesignmechanistic

Newscorp STB

production

1997 consumer_electronics

Newscorp STB

News Corp set-top box program (1997): consumer television hardware against hard cost ceilings and passive-cooling requirements.

mechanistic

production

1996 consumer_electronics

Acer Aspire

Mechanical design at Frog Design for Acer's Aspire consumer desktop line (1996) — translating a landmark industrial design language into production-ready enclosures at consultancy speed: concepts to CAD in days.

frogdesign

production

1996 consumer_electronics

PB Convertible

'PB Convertible' portable computing program (1996): convertible-form-factor mechanical design from the consultancy years.

mechanistic

production

1995 consumer_electronics

Fissler BBQ

Fissler grill program at Frog Design (1995-96): appliance mechanical design from the consultancy boot-camp years — a BBQ one week, a PDA the next.

mechanistic

Sunbeam window toaster

production

1995 consumer_appliance

Sunbeam window toaster

Sunbeam window toaster - Consumer Appliances project.

mechanistic

Sunbeam toaster

production

1995 consumer_appliance

Sunbeam toaster

Sunbeam toaster program (1995): appliance mechanical design from the consultancy boot-camp years — thermal, safety, and cost discipline in a kitchen icon.

mechanistic

Frantic Frames

production

1992 consumer_electronics

Frantic Frames

Archival record: 'Frantic Frames' independent build (1992-93) from the pre-consultancy years. Registry scaffold — restoration pending.

mechanistic

Indy

production

1992 consumer_electronics

Indy

SGI Indy workstation (1992-93): pizza-box packaging that put 3D graphics on the desk — high-performance thermal design with no acoustic penalty.

silicon_graphics

Indigo II

production

1991 consumer_electronics

Indigo II

SGI Indigo2 program (1991-92): scaling the Indigo's thermal and expansion architecture to bigger graphics subsystems without giving up the desktop footprint.

silicon_graphics

Iris File

production

1990 consumer_electronics

Iris File

SGI IRIS-era file server program (1990): enclosure mechanical engineering as the workstation line expanded into dedicated storage hardware.

silicon_graphics

Indigo

production

1989 consumer_electronics

Indigo

Enclosure and thermal engineering at SGI on the Indigo workstation (1989-91): custom plenum cooling for MIPS processors and tool-less GIO expansion in the machine generation that made Jurassic Park.

silicon_graphics

Personal IRIS

production

1989 consumer_electronics

Personal IRIS

SGI Personal IRIS 4D (1989-91): the deskside tower that brought IRIS graphics to individual engineers — enclosure and thermal mechanical engineering on the signature purple machine.

silicon_graphics

EPT-1000

production

1987 consumer_electronics

EPT-1000

EP Technologies cardiac ablation system (1987-89): production engineering for RF ablation catheters navigated into the human heart to burn away arrhythmia pathways — zero tolerance for failure, on a first industry role.

ep_technologies