Ansh Trivedi

Thought Catcher (TC-01) is a screenless, bedside voice note device built using a Raspberry Pi to capture late-night ideas, tasks, and reminders—without opening your phone. Designed for those moments right before sleep, TC-01 replaces the привычe of grabbing a smartphone (and inevitably doom-scrolling) with a calm, intentional ritual: press a button, speak your thought, hear a beep, and go back to rest. At its core, TC-01 is about digital wellbeing, calm technology, and intentional interaction d

When a parrot that regularly visited my window disappeared, I built a Raspberry Pi–based bird detection system to find out if it was still coming. What started as curiosity became a design experiment in observation, hardware, and restraint.

You’d think building a speaker is about wiring and electronics. It ultimately comes down to air leaks, incorrect materials and your own humility. My first two prototypes looked perfect and sounded like regret. However, every buzz, rattle, and thud taught me more than any YouTube video could.