Projects.

Real builds, footage, failures and lessons. Select a project to see how it actually came together.

5 builds
Sam wearing the transparent movie-goggle prototype at the pool
Wearable invention · 2024–2026

I built goggles that play movies while swimming.

Two years of experiments turned a ridiculous idea into something I could actually use in a pool.

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I built a running machine and tested it in Kenya.
Consumer electronics · sports · 2021–2023

I built a running machine and tested it in Kenya.

I couldn't afford a $20,000 sprint-training machine, so I tried building one—and took the prototype to elite athletes for feedback.

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The converted CNC machine beside one of its plotted drawings
Mechatronics · software · 2023

I turned a CNC router into a drawing machine.

A gifted CNC router and a materials budget of basically zero turned into a plotting mechanism and custom drawing software.

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Computer-vision skeleton tracking over a sprinting athlete
Computer vision · sports · 2023

I tried turning phone videos into a sprint lab.

I used computer vision to measure running speed and step timing, then learned why real-world accuracy is hard.

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I tried 3D-printing pre-creased origami.
3D printing · materials · 2021

I tried 3D-printing pre-creased origami.

Printing super-thin crease patterns was harder than folding paper—but each failed print told me what to change.

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