Logs
A running record of what we build, acquire, and ship.
- event
Frontier Interfaces Hackathon
86 builders, 15 prototypes in two days — an AR accessibility assistant, hands-free eye-tracking XR navigation, and BCI-driven biosensing systems. Powered by hardware from Dispelix, SeeTrue, Doublepoint, PALL0 by Ai2Ai, OpenBCI, and EmotiBit, with Aalto University Future Interfaces Lab. A real peek into the future.
Milana #event#hackathon#XR#BCI - hardware
EEG & Biosensing Kits
Added a Bambu Lab P1S for multi-material 3D printing, plus Ultracortex Mark IV EEG and OpenBCI EXG kits for hands-on BCI and neurotech experiments.
Milana #biosensing#BCI#3D-printing - hardware
Motion Capture & Eye Tracking
Added Sony mocopi for portable full-body motion capture and the ST ONE mobile eye tracker — new tools for XR and embodied interaction research.
Milana #XR#motion-capture#eye-tracking - hardware
Biosensing Hardware
Added OpenBCI and EmotiBit bundles for capturing physiological data, opening up neuroscience and affective computing projects.
Milana #biosensing#neuroscience - event
Robotics & AI Hackathon
A weekend Robotics & AI hackathon with Robotics Nation drew 45+ builders. Awesome vibes and lots of cool prototypes.
Daniyar #event#hackathon#robotics - event
First Build Session
Our first weekly build session kicked off with 20+ people tinkering, hacking, and starting spontaneous projects together.
Daniyar #community#prototyping - announcement
Our Own Space at Startup Sauna
We set up our own co-working space at Startup Sauna — a home base to build and share ideas.
Milana #community#coworking - hardware
Lindy the Robot Lives
The battery finally arrived, so our robot "Lindy" is alive and ready for hands-on experiments.
Milana #robotics#hardware - partnership
Partnership with Alif Semiconductor
Alif Semiconductor came on board, providing development boards for our community projects.
Milana #partnership#semiconductor - hardware
Shelby, Our Custom Rig
Built and configured "Shelby", a powerful custom rig for our compute-heavy research and prototyping.
Milana #compute#infrastructure - partnership
FPGA & Doublepoint Kits
Picked up a Nexys A7 FPGA board and partnered with Doublepoint, who provided two wrist-based gesture dev kits.
Milana #FPGA#partnership - event
First Community Meetup
Hosted our first community meetup — 70+ people, great energy, and real momentum.
Milana #community#event - milestone
Officially Registered
Thinkin' Rocks is now an officially registered organization — a solid foundation for the community.
Milana #milestone#organization - event
First Intro at Explore Aaltoes
Presented Thinkin' Rocks for the first time at Explore Aaltoes to 150+ people, with great feedback.
Milana #event#community - partnership
Varjo Partnership & XR Headsets
Teamed up with Varjo, who provided three XR-3 headsets for immersive development and R&D.
Milana #XR#partnership - milestone
First Hardware Orders
Our first major hardware landed: Tenstorrent Blackhole, FPGA boards, Jetson Nano, and an Oak-D Pro camera. The lab takes shape!
Milana #hardware#AI#FPGA