My work sits at the intersections where technology meets other fields: AI, film and visual effects, data visualization and energy research. By day I manage innovation programs, helping university faculty translate (commercialize) their research. Outside of work I make tools, games, and short films, including upgrades to hardware most people threw out decades ago - I call it tech archaeology.
The projects below are personal, shared openly.
Elsewhere
- 🎬PlayableFX.com: my film, VFX and game development work
- 🕹️RetroGameplayer.com: my vintage gaming tools and online netplay service
| 💰 Commercialization Workbench · try it! | A free, private self-assessment that shows founders and researchers what could stop their technology from being adopted, what evidence they have, and what to test next. Brings together frameworks usually taught separately: Adoption Readiness Levels, I-Corps customer discovery, the Business Model Canvas and TRIZ. Runs entirely in the browser, with PDF and Excel reports and a Cohort View for cohort managers. JavaScript, Python. Beta is live; source code coming here after initial testing. |
| 🗺️ Chernobyl Zone Atlas · try it! | An interactive map of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, drawn on eight Soviet General Staff military topographic maps aligned to modern coordinates. Covers the power plant, Pripyat, the Duga radar, waste sites and 208 settlements read by hand from the maps, with photos, the 1986 fallout traces and the Soviet kilometre grid. Visitors can suggest corrections. Companion to the SKALA Simulator. JavaScript, Python. |
| ☢️ SKALA Simulator · try it! | A browser reconstruction of SKALA, the process computer at Chernobyl Unit 4, running on the nuclear reactor's real control-rod map. Built from and checked against the IAEA's INSAG-7 report, Nikolai Karpan's book and the surviving recorder logs. JavaScript, Python. |
| A DIY gyro stabilizer for a 1:10 scale R/C MiG-21 jet fitted with an electric ducted fan (EDF), built on an ESP32 and an MPU-6050 motion sensor. C++. VERY much a work in progress. | |
| 🎮 PlayStation Serial Utility | Sends compiled homebrew from a PC directly into a PS1's memory over a cheap USB-to-serial cable, so code can be tested on real hardware without burning discs. PSXSERIAL-compatible. Python. |
| 🕹️ Sega Genesis BMP2HEX | Converts bitmaps into Sega Genesis-ready tile and palette data (16-color palettes, 8x8 tiles, 9-bit color). Built for Miracle on Ice, an NHL 94 mod. Python. |
| 🌐 ESP Network Monitor | An ESP32 panel that monitors up to nine devices or servers on a network, one LED each. Green means up and running; red indicates two missed checks. C++. |
Contact me: PlayableFX.com/contact.