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What if a small retail store could turn its existing CCTV into a real-time loss-prevention layer — without replacing its cameras?
I've been working on RetailSentra, a computer-vision system for detecting suspicious retail behavior from live CCTV/RTSP streams.
The attached Chicago retail footage shows the type of environment I'm working with. The interesting engineering challenge isn't simply detecting people or products — it's understanding behavior across time and turning potentially important events into actionable alerts for store staff.
I'm especially interested in how this can help small and mid-sized retailers that already have cameras but don't have someone watching every screen.
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AÉVRA — AI-Driven Horological Conservation Atelier & Dual Cockpit
The Hook (Opening line that grabs attention):
"Every mechanical watch has thousands of micro-components—and usually, a customer experience stuck in 2004. We rebuilt the horological conservation pipeline from scratch."
Overview & Story:
Most watch restoration platforms alienate customers with esoteric technical jargon and static forms. AÉVRA was created to preserve timepieces for what they mean, not just what they cost—combining editorial Swiss atelier aesthetics, real-time 3D motion, and AI-driven intake.
The Problem:
Customers with heirlooms or vintage pieces don't know reference numbers or movement calibres.
Atelier watchmakers spend hours manually triaging vague emails before diagnosing a single watch.
The Solution & Key Features:
Natural Language Horological Intake: Clients describe their watch issue in plain English (e.g., "losing time and scratched crystal"). The system automatically maps symptoms to mechanical calibres, delivering immediate clarity on services, timeline, and preliminary cost estimates.
Cinematic 3D Photographic Scroller: A high-fidelity scroll journey that physically disassembles and reassembles the movement's case, bezel, balance wheel, and gear train at 60fps.
The Conservator’s Owner Cockpit: A private, real-time management dashboard allowing atelier owners to view incoming requests, evaluate AI diagnostic breakdowns, and accept or decline repair commissions with instant, seamless switching between client and owner views.
Tech Stack & Craft:
Platform: Lovable
Frontend: React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
Motion & 3D: GSAP ScrollTrigger, Three.js / Canvas, Lenis Smooth Scroll
State Management: Zustand with local persistence
Live Project Link:
Impressive work
Small barber shops lose hours to "are you free Thursday?" texts, no shows and manual reminders. Cachet lets customers book themselves in under a minute with no account, pick a real open time, and get confirmed instantly, while the owner does nothing.
Integrations:
Resend: confirmations and reminders emailed automatically
Stripe: deposits and payments collected at booking
Google Maps: shows the shop location and directions, and lets customers drop a pin for home visits
Live location sharing: customers follow the barber when he's about to arrive
In-app push notifications: reminders and updates for customers, new-booking alerts for the owner
Zero effort for the owner: bookings, payments, reminders, reschedules and cancellations all handle themselves.
SMART
HOME REVOLUTION
Project
Smart Enough to Know What You Need
Format
50 -Second AI Video Commercial
Role
AI Video Producer · Creative Director · Concept & Visual Development
The Brief
Create a premium smart-home commercial that demonstrates how connected technology can simplify everyday living. The concept needed to appeal to smart-home and technology brands while communicating convenience, security, comfort, and seamless automation.
The Creative Idea
What if your home simply understood you?
The film follows a modern woman as her home responds effortlessly to simple gestures and voice commands, from activating the lights and security to adjusting comfort, following her with music, and preparing the home for sleep.
Rather than presenting technology as complicated, the film makes it feel invisible, intuitive, and human.
Production & Objective
Developed a cinematic AI commercial using generative visual production,
designed around consistent character direction, luxury architectural
environment, cinematic camera language, lighting continuity, sound design,
voiceover, and editorial typography.
The objective is to demonstrate how AI can translate a simple technology
proposition into a premium, emotionally engaging brand film
that captures attention while making the benefits of smart living immediately
understandable.
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