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experiments & fun

• Sentient Sculptures
  local-first robotic sculpture prototypes: webcam observation, persistent viewer memory, creature identities, and live 3D placeholder worlds
• SSD / Swimsuit Designer
  local browser tool for print-on-demand swimsuit textures: image library, square tiling, spawn grids, mockup masks, embellishment placement, and exact-size PNG export
• Geolocation / Balloon Hunt
  phone-first geolocation prototype base: live GPS, debug coordinates, real vector map geometry, balloon spawns, and camera-backed slingshot encounters
• Jewelry
  local-only material inventory for jewelry purchases, Etsy order provenance, package quantities, listing notes, and piece usage
• Proc Gen Nails + Beads
  local-only 3D procedural nail + drilled bead generator: reuse the full 3D growth library plus reaction-diffusion, reptile scale, coral, voronoi, and phyllotaxis patterns across nail sets or 6–100 mm beads; preview exact-length necklaces on a 5′8″ mannequin and export printable OBJ geometry with vertex colors + UVs
• Organic Structures
  local-only developmental anatomy editor: grow seeded skeletons for imaginary animal lineages from labeled vertebrae, ribs, limbs, skulls, tails, and crown structures; inspect individual bones and export millimeter-scale STL geometry plus the artificial genome
• Sequins
  local-only 3D sequin renderer: thin reflective card sequins, generated PNG-style circle/hex/shape faces, shimmer animations, and multi-image PNG overrides
• Geolocation / Roll Up
  katamari-like geolocation prototype: dense themed city objects, GPS-based roll growth, size-gated collection, and a camera-backed roll inspection view
• CPG locomotion lab
  simple, interactive CPG (central pattern generator) experiments to understand how to build movement from oscillations
• MPC explorer
  interactive MPC (model predictive control) sandbox for experimenting with control horizons, constraints, and simple dynamics
• PPO explorer
  reinforcement learning basics: watch a square learn to reach a reward circle with PPO (clipped policy gradients + gradient descent)
• VMC explorer
  2D VMC (virtual model control) sandbox: task-space springs/dampers mapped to joint torques (arm + quadruped) and thrust/moment (drone)
• NCA explainer
  interactive neural cellular automata (NCA) demo: watch self-organizing patterns grow and regenerate after damage using WebGL 2.0 shaders
• Reaction diffusion lab
  Gray-Scott reaction diffusion sandbox with presets, PNG mask bounds, adjustable cell grids, and paintable local feed / kill fields
• HEX algorithm explorer
  interactive cellular automata on hexagonal grids: explore HEX Life, Eden Growth, Sandpile, DLA, and more emergent patterns
• Neuroevolution explorer
  interactive neuroevolution sandbox: evolve neural-network controllers with tournament selection + elitism across 3 toy tasks (arm reach, obstacle navigation, pendulum)
• Proc-gen dungeon (local)
  procedural generation dungeon experiment (in git, excluded from GitHub Pages deploy)
• Project tracker (local)
  local-only tracker for active projects, source locations, logs, next steps, deadlines, feedback, and concrete tasks