Chase AndersonEngineering / Projects

CHASE ANDERSON / PROJECTS

Projects

Hardware, robotics, and software.
The systems I build and the work behind them.

Hardware

Aquarium Networking & Habitat Monitoring

Networked aquariums, habitat monitoring, and a shared observation hub.

Project details
The Sync Tank aquarium, electronics, and exhibition display.
The Sync Tank aquarium, electronics, and exhibition display.
Two-tank test setup with cameras and control hardware, before the portrait display was installed.
Two-tank test setup with cameras and control hardware, before the portrait display was installed.
Dry-bench test of the tank model above a live camera feed.
Dry-bench test of the tank model above a live camera feed.
Reeflex assembly: bearing track, printed gear, and drive servo. Mechanical design based on EEZYbotARM Mk2.
Reeflex assembly: bearing track, printed gear, and drive servo. Mechanical design based on EEZYbotARM Mk2.
Early 2026 interface prototype combining the tank model, camera feeds, and device state.
Early 2026 interface prototype combining the tank model, camera feeds, and device state.
PCA9685 controller and wiring in the Reeflex camera platform.
PCA9685 controller and wiring in the Reeflex camera platform.
Me walking through a tree-lined city street at night, from IYKYD.IYKYD / Out in the world The museum setting for an IYKYD conversation about attention and curiosity.Agency / Taking the questions outside The remorse prototype showing a live transcript and conversation context.remorse / Conversation tools
Conversations and experiments across Awareness, the current Agency era, and the next step into Action.

ONGOING / CONVERSATIONS & PROTOTYPES

IYKYD: Helping people spot when certainty is being manufactured

IYKYD is an ongoing project featuring our monthly prototyping: experiments with live transcription, wearable feedback, and conversation.

Series
22 episodes, from figuring it out to conversations with other people.
Prototype
remorse: live transcription and conversation feedback.
Explore the ongoing project
Conversation tools ↓Episode guide ↓
Explore the ongoing projectPrototypes & episode guide

ONGOING PROJECT / IYKYD

Monthly prototypes, shared as they develop.

Conversations, experiments, and prototypes for paying closer attention to what shapes our confidence.

IYKYD is a monthly prototyping project, with ongoing experiments and prototype testing featured in the series. I started by thinking out loud; now I’m taking the questions into conversations with other people and developing tools like remorse alongside them.

Explore the prototypes ↓Browse all 22 episodes ↓

PROTOTYPES / IN DEVELOPMENT

Live transcription & wearable feedback.

The remorse interface during an IYKYD conversation.

CONVERSATION SOFTWARE & WEARABLES

remorse

Live transcription & conversation feedback.

A conversation companion that processes live speech, shows who is speaking, and delivers cues through screens and wearable devices.

Developed through monthly prototyping and featured alongside the Agency-era conversations in IYKYD.

Explore remorse ↗Watch a field recording ↓

Finding a way to communicate what we notice

5:12–6:19 in the episode

AWARENESS / EPISODE 01 / Dec 2024

Trust, habits, and why conversation matters

We simply cannot stop talking

I start with trust: how familiar ways of thinking become difficult to question, and why communicating what we notice matters. Engineering is my starting point for asking how to move forward without losing sight of the consequences.

Watch the full episode / 10:18 ↗

01 / 22

FIGURING IT OUT

The Awareness era

Episode notes are based on the recordings and their transcripts. Selected passages keep the original framing, sound, and timing. English captions are automatic and may contain errors.

THE NEXT ERA / UPCOMING

Action begins with use.

The next chapter takes the devices into use: trying the tools in conversations and seeing what they help us notice or do. The series is still in Agency; there are no Action episodes yet.

See the prototypes ↑Follow IYKYD on YouTube ↗

Hardware

Wearable Cardiac Monitor

Custom sensing hardware, power management, and wearable integration.

Project details
Both sides of the custom circuit board I designed for the wearable cardiac monitor.
Both board faces
A blue indicator is illuminated on the assembled board.
Powered board
The white enclosure has a central opening exposing the sensor board.
Sensor opening
The prototype is strapped to a wrist.
Wrist prototype
Green lights illuminate around the central sensor opening.
Optical sensor
The senior design team presenting the wearable project.
The senior design team presenting the wearable project.

Hardware

Electric Drives & Control

Electric vehicles, custom batteries, FPV drones, and a VESC-based rover.

Project details
Close-up of the wheel and mechanical drive components.
Drivetrain
A handheld controller shows red and green indicator lights.
Handheld control
The mountain board is shown under red lighting.
Assembled board
A closer view of the mountain board drivetrain.
A closer view of the mountain board drivetrain.
The handheld controller powered on.
The handheld controller powered on.
The assembled mountain board, illuminated.
The assembled mountain board, illuminated.

Hardware

Biology Teaching Hardware

Custom electronics for hands-on biology and introductory programming.

Project details
The red perimeter lights change state while the connected hardware remains in view.
Perimeter lights
Close-up of mounted modules and connectors.
Component detail
A two-transducer sensor sits beside a vertical board inside the light ring.
Distance sensor
Side view of the populated circuit board above the perimeter light strip.
Light-ring assembly
Custom electronics for the biology teaching hardware, wired for bench testing.
Bench prototype
A hand interacts near the board while the perimeter LEDs change state.
Hands-on demonstration

Workshops, exhibitions & community ↗