Elaine Liu

hardware for health and joy | prev eecs @mit, abby care, thrive

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@minafahmi @sandbar Super cool to see

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@jonnytelevision Thanks Jonny!

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

I built a wearable that predicts behaviors like nail biting, hair pulling, and skin picking before they occur.

I spun up a sensor rig, tested it on myself, and achieved an AUC of 0.868 using simple, standard white-label wearable sensors.

Full write-up and code below. I also wrote a separate, more personal post about what it's like to finally work on something you've put on The Pedestal for years.

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[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@Wxiao228 Thanks mom:)

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

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Separately—working on this project also taught me a lot about life and myself: about spending 5 years treating a project as The Thing I'm Meant To Build, and what happens when you finally sit down to work on it.

I wrote about that here, if it's useful to anyone else with something stuck on The Pedestal: https://t.co/gFH6N6ASbk

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

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This write-up covers sensing and prediction. Closed-loop stimulation is the next step in this project, but I’ll leave it open to anyone who wants to carry it forward:)

Full write-up and code here: https://t.co/zeARvFF4QT

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@clairebookworm Thought a lot abt lossy comms earlier this year for a design project (https://t.co/hqqh6quqE8), we should chat abt this!

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@WarnerTeddy Biig fan of the eink

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@emilyzsh @ryanjdaniels @jsarihan Congrats goat!

[seungkwon @seungkwonson]

Launching the Alive Prize. $100K to build what makes you come alive.

I've been fixated on a quote from Howard Thurman lately: "Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."

We want to help more people find that feeling.

https://t.co/LosgT4WWRW

[jake 🗺️ @jakeottiger]

it's hard to beat a couple guys that are just having fun

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

fun, play, and joy is what it’s all for:)

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

@jakeottiger Congrats goat🫡

[TechCrunch @TechCrunch]

Ali Partovi’s Neo looks to upend the accelerator model with low-dilution terms https://t.co/BINZlwWnFJ

[Elaine Liu @elainexliu]

it's been just over a year since i accidentally walked into improv auditions and gained a new favorite activity! here are some takeaways from a year of doing improv and running shows:

https://t.co/2GLRYDeT5G

(and more thoughts on play https://t.co/q4Pk3Uy5Tq)