Logs

Banking on Smart Glasses

We helped connect Aalto University's Future Interfaces Lab and Nordea with Dispelix and Doublepoint, arranging hardware access and supporting student prototyping. The students built a context-aware banking assistant using transparent displays and gesture controls, and presented the working demo to Nordea's AI Strategy team on 12 August.

Joining Hardware Systems Alliance

Thinkin'Rocks Oy is now fully owned by Hardware Systems Alliance Ry. Joining the association aligns our work with its purpose: advancing collaboration and experimentation in hardware and emerging computational systems, helping builders, researchers, and entrepreneurs learn, share knowledge, and develop their own projects.

Hardware Systems Alliance

Growing Our Robotics Network in Japan

Visited Sony AI, the Sony AIBO team, and Kyutech to grow our Finland–Japan robotics network and shape the upcoming competition. Prof. Takeshi Ohashi entrusted seven AIBO robots to Thinkin’ Rocks, and Kyutech students expressed interest in joining us in Finland.

Frontier Interfaces Hackathon

86 builders, 15 prototypes in two days — an AR accessibility assistant, hands-free eye-tracking XR navigation, and BCI-driven biosensing systems. Powered by hardware from Dispelix, SeeTrue, Doublepoint, PALL0 by Ai2Ai, OpenBCI, and EmotiBit, with Aalto University Future Interfaces Lab. A real peek into the future.

Explore the hackathon

EEG & Biosensing Kits

Added a Bambu Lab P1S for multi-material 3D printing, plus Ultracortex Mark IV EEG and OpenBCI EXG kits for hands-on BCI and neurotech experiments.

Motion Capture & Eye Tracking

Added Sony mocopi for portable full-body motion capture and the ST ONE mobile eye tracker — new tools for XR and embodied interaction research.

Biosensing Hardware

Added OpenBCI and EmotiBit bundles for capturing physiological data, opening up neuroscience and affective computing projects.

Robotics & AI Hackathon

A weekend Robotics & AI hackathon with Robotics Nation drew 45+ builders. Awesome vibes and lots of cool prototypes.

First Build Session

Our first weekly build session kicked off with 20+ people tinkering, hacking, and starting spontaneous projects together.

Our Own Space at Startup Sauna

We set up our own co-working space at Startup Sauna — a home base to build and share ideas.

Lindy the Robot Lives

The battery finally arrived, so our robot "Lindy" is alive and ready for hands-on experiments.

Partnership with Alif Semiconductor

Alif Semiconductor came on board, providing development boards for our community projects.

Shelby, Our Custom Rig

Built and configured "Shelby", a powerful custom rig for our compute-heavy research and prototyping.

FPGA & Doublepoint Kits

Picked up a Nexys A7 FPGA board and partnered with Doublepoint, who provided two wrist-based gesture dev kits.

First Community Meetup

Hosted our first community meetup — 70+ people, great energy, and real momentum.

Officially Registered

Thinkin' Rocks is now an officially registered organization — a solid foundation for the community.

First Intro at Explore Aaltoes

Presented Thinkin' Rocks for the first time at Explore Aaltoes to 150+ people, with great feedback.

Varjo Partnership & XR Headsets

Teamed up with Varjo, who provided three XR-3 headsets for immersive development and R&D.

First Hardware Orders

Our first major hardware landed: Tenstorrent Blackhole, FPGA boards, Jetson Nano, and an Oak-D Pro camera. The lab takes shape!