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Aether Compass

Wearable spatial navigation device with LIDAR mapping, DLP projection, ultrasonic haptic feedback, and on-device AI — no GPS, no cloud.

Tech Specs

MEMS LIDAR 905nm, 30m range
L1/L5
Dual-band GNSS
720p
DLP Projection, 50-150 lumen
256
Ultrasonic haptic elements
4-bit
Quantized on-device LLM
Offline
No GPS, no cloud required

Architecture

Sensor Array ├─ 3× MEMS LIDAR (905nm, 30m) ├─ Dual-band GNSS L1/L5 └─ IMU ↓ On-device SLAM → 3D map ↓ AI Pathfinding (4-bit quantized LLM) ↓ Output ├─ DLP projection onto any surface └─ 256-element ultrasonic haptic feedback

AI Backend Stack

Server

FastAPI + Nginx (supervisord)

LLM

Ornith 1.0 9B via Ollama (Tailscale)

Session

Redis-backed (24h TTL)

Cache

Redis response cache (5-10min TTL)

Tools

MCP-style knowledge tools (product specs, modes)

Container

Docker on Hetzner, port 8081