Ideas are fragile — they come, they go, some stay, others fade. Capturing and recovering them can be a challenge. While AI promises perfect memory, maybe what we really need is a better way to filter signal from noise.
Node™ is our AI hardware project, made for those who have more ideas than they can keep. Primarily designed to live on a keychain, it's there when you're on a hike, exploring a city, biking to work, or on vacation. Its microphone activates only when you hold down the button, ensuring you capture only what you want to.
Its storage capacity allows for 17,476 minutes of audio recordings or more than 100,000 images. If used occasionally, the battery lasts for several weeks as it only discharges while you record. Node™ isn't just an archive but rather a transit, a node in a larger system that will connect to Tame OS where your ideas can be transcribed, organized, and rediscovered.
Language can capture any idea to some degree, but many ideas are better expressed visually.
Node™ features a 5MP camera with a 120° field of view, capturing visual inspiration at the press of a button. The photos have more of an analog touch, and no screen distracts you from overthinking the shot. As with voice-recorded ideas, all images sync with Tame OS, where they're upscaled, archived, and made searchable, with the ability to cluster them by similarity and more.
The device is made from industrial grade stainless steel, built to withstand environmental stresses like saltwater, heat, and other impacts. Rather than maintaining a perfect polish, it's designed to develop character through use — light scratches and marks become part of its personal history.
We are currently wrapping up the prototyping stage and testing the use cases. As hardware is only one half of the product, we will shift our focus to software and integrate the described functionality in Tame OS in the next couple of months.
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