XEMC

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The Lab

Some of these are polished. Some are experiments. All of them taught me something.

Featured projects

Featured Project

AI Tinkerers NYC / 3rd place / built in 6 hours

Immersive Gallery

An immersive photo gallery that turns a static album into an explorable 3D canvas, with chat-driven styling and layout changes powered by Claude and CopilotKit.

Built with Ethel Zhang, Jing Huang, and Jean-Ezra Yeung.

  • Infinite 3D canvas
  • Upload and visualize photos
  • Gallery Style Assistant
  • Hackathon outcome

    Placed 3rd at the AI Tinkerers NYC hackathon. Hosted at Betaworks with Anthropic / Claude.

  • Interaction model

    Replaced static menus with a conversational interface that can reshape the gallery experience in real time.

  • Proof and coverage

    Backed by a demo video, a day-of build log, and an AI Tinkerers community spotlight.

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Featured Project

Anthropic CDMX / 2nd place / built in 5 hours

Mi Vecindario

A real-time civic transparency app for Mexico City that combines official government data with community reports, so residents can quickly see what is happening in their colonia.

Built with César Ayala and Emmanuel Beltran. Coordinated by Daniel Torres.

  • Voice + photo reporting
  • Interactive city map
  • Official + crowd-sourced data
  • Hackathon outcome

    Placed 2nd at Anthropic CDMX. Earned credits to keep iterating on the product.

  • Reporting flow

    Lets people report potholes, water leaks, and public restroom locations in seconds without getting stuck in long forms.

  • Product framing

    Designed as a neighborhood pulse for CDMX, using real-time government data when available and crowd-sourced reports when it is not.

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