We submitted our Chainmesh SBIR application! This took a huge amount of work, and nearly all of the credit belongs to Kiki. We continued working on the cleaner and validator, and made a substantial simplification by realizing that providers would need to set the height of the stocking in a robust way, and we could use this fact to go from a combined de-noising -> segmentation/identification step to effectively just a segmentation/identification step. Additionally, we started thinking about other explorations we want to do for near-term terrestrial applications. This might involve metal plating the prints for a more premium feel in fashion and high end desk toys. I’ve enjoyed playing with the 12cm diameter spheres the most, but if you’d potentially be a buyer, let me know what shape you would want, and what kind of metal you’d be interested in. Options seem to be Copper, Zinc, Rhodium, Silver, Gold, and possibly soft Chrome.
April 25, 2025