Charlie-Jorge Samways

Creative Director | Auki Labs

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

[Auki @Auki]

New soccer mom doesn't play games. 😅

[Jacob Rintamaki @jacobrintamaki]

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[Deedy @deedydas]

In a year since I first met Arnav Kapur, his device, AlterEgo, went from a janky prototype to simulating telepathy.

Arnav has been an inspiration to me since I'd first heard of him in 7yrs ago and I want to share his story.:

I first heard of Arnav from his viral ~1M hits MIT Media Lab video from 2017. It harkened back to a similar talk from the same group by another Indian in 2019, Pranav Mistry, one of the major reasons I (and many others) decided to study in the US.

I met him through his younger brother, who I'd gotten to know over the years (also a genius in his own right). I immediately asked him "Why didn't you commercialize this? Was this just a flashy academic demo?" and he said "I'm doing that now. With LLMs, I think it's finally time."

But the first demo was janky. It took 15 mins to set up. Electrodes needed to be taped to your cheeks. It worked maybe 80% of the time. Calibration for new users took even longer. And it could only say 4000 sentences. Yet, it still felt like magic. I pointed at one of the sentences for his colleague Scott to say silently. In seconds, barely moving a muscle, I'd get a text of that sentence to my phone. I couldn't see his mouth move at all!

But was silent speech really possible? Hardware is hard. There were too many sensors for it to be usable. It didn't work without constant touch to your skin (a beard was an issue). Too much head movement was an issue. The battery was external. Calibration was too much friction. And you could only say a few sentences!

Fast forward a year and you have what resembles telepathy. The sensors shrank. The device resembled open-ear headphones. No 15 min set up. And you can say most words. Alterego reads volumetric fine-grained neuromuscular signals in multiple languages and translates them into text. It allows you to understand what the user's saying with no noise while they barely move their mouth.

Hardware is still hard. And there's a long way to go before this is end-user usable. But it takes some serious courage and exceptional engineering skills to dedicate over a decade of your life to building hardware that resembles the future. We need more engineers like Arnav and his team.

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@broodsugar Thanks for the existential crisis

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@naveedg People like to know what you stand for, rather than what you're against.

Promote a better future for people rather than fearmonger over the opposition - just like politics 😎

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@broodsugar @Humanityprot My biggest fear 😅😓

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

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[Nils @broodsugar]

The @CactusXR solutions by @AukiNetwork just won Best Enterprise Solution at the world’s largest XR conference.

[Auki @Auki]

Where spatial computing and smart glasses intersect, @CactusXR and @MentraLabs are cooking something spectacular on the Auki network.

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

Give a listen to the the GOAT @SanteriAramo talk with @Bitwyre on all things Auki.

https://t.co/f2W45P5A2m

[Santeri Aramo @SanteriAramo]

Personally, I’m really excited about our collaboration with @geodnet

They’re building incredibly practical tech for robot navigation and making real contributions to the DePIN space.

The overlap between what we’re doing at @AukiNetwork and what they’re building is massive.

Together, we’re unlocking new ways for robots to understand and move through the physical world using complementary solutions.

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

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[Auki @Auki]

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[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@0xEl9ar9ni It is indeed, you can check out our domain & relay node set up here https://t.co/q6SQ0TqbFx

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

We're making further progress on the redevelopment & design of the Auki Network console. #WIP

Making it clearer and easier to set up network nodes whilst also giving node operators more tangible insights into the performance of their nodes and rewards 💰 $AUKI

If you would like to see more from the upcoming console redesign and have your input make sure to follow @AukiNetwork

[Auki @Auki]

Retail can buy $AUKI at similar valuations as VCs did, and we didn't give any tokens to MEXC or other exchanges to dump on our community.

Because for DePIN projects, community = infrastructure.

Thanks @CryptoHayes for highlighting us as a project who did our launch right! 🤝

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@TheCanDoMindset Check, Check and Check. Cheers for the input!

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

We're currently in the process of revitalising the Auki Network console & dashboard to better serve our community of Domain owners, Node operators and Developers.

With this in mind, what would you like to see possible on the new dashboard? What pain points have you felt working on Auki? Let's build a better home. 💪

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@AukiNetwork @SquabbaX LETS GOOOOOOOO TERRI

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@AukiNetwork Terence!

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

@Fiskantes @broodsugar Hey now, Tau are based 👏

[Charlie-Jorge Samways @SamwaysMotif]

Took the family for a walk today around the office space to get them familiar with their surroundings. Look at these cuties.

@UnitreeRobotics @AukiNetwork