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Project ↕	Client ↕	Collection ↕	Year ↕	Status ↕
Dispensers	hyphen	consumer_electronics	2021	production
Backsplash / Infrastructure Slot	hyphen	automation	2021	prototype
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	2018	production
bay wheels	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2018	production
IOT module	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2018	production
Switches	noon	consumer_electronics	2017	production
Bazooka (Base Station)	noon	consumer_electronics	2017	production
Extension Switch (Elvis)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016	production
Wall Plate (Waldo)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016
Room Director (Sativa)	noon	consumer_electronics	2016
Glyph 2	avegant	consumer_electronics	2015	production
Strato Terra	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014
Sundance	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
Strato	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
KSERVER-1500 'Hunter'	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
M700 / DV700 Vault	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2014	production
Cinema One	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2012
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 / Orpheus	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-5000	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics	2008	production
Morpheus	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2007	prototype
Mbox 2 Micro	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
Digi 003	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
Rack 003	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
SC48	digidesign	pro_audio	2007	production
Mbox 2 Mini	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2007	production
Mbox 2 Pro	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2006	production
Mbox 2	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
C\|24	digidesign	pro_audio	2005	production
Profile	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
D-Show	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2005	production
Venue Live Sound	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2004
D-Command	digidesign	pro_audio	2004	production
Pro Control Jr	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
Rack 002	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
D-Control	digidesign	pro_audio	2003	production
Mbox	digidesign	consumer_electronics	2003	production
Minimerc	microsoft, webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2001	concept
usb box	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
Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	prototype
Motorola MP3	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000
LapTV	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Remote	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Netscreen-500	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	production
Cortez	webtv, mechanistic	consumer_electronics	2000	prototype
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
Sunbeam toaster	mechanistic	consumer_appliance	1994	production
Sunbeam window toaster	mechanistic	consumer_appliance	1994	production
Frantic Frames	mechanistic	consumer_electronics	1992	production
EPT-1000	ep_technologies	consumer_electronics	1986	production
Avegant Glyph	avegant	consumer_electronics
Fissler BBQ	frogdesign, mechanistic	consumer_appliance		prototype
KPLAYER-300	kaleidescape	consumer_electronics		production
Xbox	microsoft, mechanistic	consumer_electronics		production

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

prototype

2021 automation

Backsplash / Infrastructure Slot

The Hyphen Backsplash control and display enclosure, developed around a brushed-stainless body, tinted polycarbonate interface, display PCB, and documented EtherCAT-RS485 bridge board.

hyphen

Makeline

production

2021 consumer_electronics

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

2018 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

production

2017 consumer_electronics

Bazooka (Base Station)

Mechanical recovery of a wall-box lighting interface: air-gap switching, constrained fits, qualification and supplier handoff.

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

2016 consumer_electronics

Wall Plate (Waldo)

A screwless wall plate whose perimeter, snaps and module retention had to work together through stamping, tolerance revisions and finish testing.

noon

2016 consumer_electronics

Room Director (Sativa)

Mechanical design of a glass-fronted wall controller: display clearance, retention, controlled bonding, supplier inspection and support through launch.

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

Strato Terra

2014 consumer_electronics

Strato Terra

High-capacity movie server for the Strato ecosystem.

kaleidescape

production

2014 consumer_electronics

Sundance

Mechanical design for a four-drive, 2RU server: making front service, vibration isolation, connector engagement and manufactured fit work in the same enclosure.

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

2012 consumer_electronics

Cinema One

Sole mechanical engineer for Cinema One, responsible for its mechanical BOM from design and validation through production bring-up.

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

Product record for Kaleidescape's 100-disc KVAULT-10 Modular Disc Vault, a USB-connected companion to an M-Class player.

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

Product record for Kaleidescape's M500 M-Class player, including Blu-ray Disc import and networked playback within a Kaleidescape system.

kaleidescape

M300

production

2010 consumer_electronics

M300

Product record for Kaleidescape's compact M300 M-Class player.

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

production

2008 consumer_electronics

KSYSTEM-120 / Orpheus

Mechanical integration and NPI for Kaleidescape's compact Mini System: removable drives, enclosure tolerances, front-panel Glow and supplier build control.

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-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

2007 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

Digi 003

production

2007 consumer_electronics

Digi 003

Product record for Digidesign's Digi 003 FireWire audio interface and Pro Tools control surface.

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

production

2007 pro_audio

SC48

Integrating a live-sound console through chassis and airflow trials, electrical clearance, control-surface iteration and fabrication definition.

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

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

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 and industrial-design ownership of Digidesign's C|24: a low-profile console carried from surfaces and board interfaces through tooling, serviceability and production.

digidesign

Profile

production

2005 consumer_electronics

Profile

Product record for Digidesign's D-Show Profile live-sound mixing console in the modular VENUE system.

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

Venue Live Sound

2004 consumer_electronics

Venue Live Sound

Digidesign's entry into the Live Sound market.

digidesign

production

2004 pro_audio

D-Command

Adapting a studio-console architecture through component reuse, mechanical interfaces, coated panels and production transfer.

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

production

2003 pro_audio

D-Control

Designing the stand and integrating a modular studio console through assembly development, manufacturing recovery and sustaining changes.

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

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

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

prototype

2001 consumer_electronics

WebTV Galaxy

A triple-tuner home-network gateway whose dual drives, CPU shield and chassis had to work together for airflow, assembly and prototype manufacture.

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

Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)

prototype

2000 consumer_electronics

Elmer / Zeus (HomeNet)

A WebTV network-server prototype became a disciplined reference-enclosure conversion: retain the Elmer surfaces that still fit, remake the base for new I/O, and release the changed mechanical interfaces.

mechanistic

2000 consumer_electronics

Motorola MP3

Internal architecture, master-model development and exterior surfacing for Motorola's compact phone-connected MP3 accessory.

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

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

prototype

2000 consumer_electronics

Cortez

WebTV Cortez reference wireless keyboard, developed from industrial-design surfaces into a Pro/ENGINEER hard-model package released to prototype in six weeks.

webtvmechanistic

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

Sunbeam toaster

production

1994 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

Sunbeam window toaster

production

1994 consumer_appliance

Sunbeam window toaster

Sunbeam window toaster - Consumer Appliances project.

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

EPT-1000

production

1986 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

consumer_electronics

Avegant Glyph

Mechanical development of Glyph's wearer interfaces: headband springs and liners, earpads, moving cable routes and supplier-built hardware.

avegant

prototype

consumer_appliance

Fissler BBQ

Product and proof-of-concept 3D, instrumented cooking experiments and prototype testing for Fissler while contracting to Frog.

frogdesignmechanistic

production

consumer_electronics

KPLAYER-300

Whole-product design and engineering of Kaleidescape’s compact Mercury player: enclosure, shielding, illumination, electronics placement, cooling and installation.

kaleidescape

Xbox

production

consumer_electronics

Xbox

Post-production Xbox redesign in 2002: improved EMI shielding, drive-support bracket airflow changes, and a GPU active-cooling proposal that Microsoft implemented.

microsoftmechanistic