Signal & Kin

Tools

Signal & Kin explores different ways technology can support attention, memory, connection, agency, and practical everyday life. Each tool below is at a different stage of development — statuses reflect where things actually stand today.

eMe

In Development

Bring your fragmented digital life into one clear signal.

A personal information system that brings fragmented digital information together and helps people find meaningful signal through the noise.

Cairniva

Exploring

A small, thoughtful marker delivered to your inbox.

A personalized service that delivers useful, thoughtful, or inspiring ideas directly to a person's inbox. Each message is intended to act like a small mental cairn: a useful marker along the day's path.

Two older adults looking through a photo album together.

Community Stories

In Development

Capture the stories, voices, and history that matter.

An AI-assisted platform for capturing oral histories, relationships, memories, documents, images, and the stories of people and communities.

A gardener using a tablet among plants in a greenhouse.

Backyard OS

Exploring

Practical intelligence for the ground you actually stand on.

An intelligent platform for garden care, environmental observation, wildlife monitoring, rodent deterrence, and other practical outdoor tasks.