Remi Companion — AI Study Hardware for Students
Built by uei_victor18
Remi Companion is a pocket-sized hardware study device idea I am building out this summer. The concept is a device that lets students record lectures, capture whiteboards, and ask AI questions about their notes — all without touching their phone. Inspired by the iPod click wheel, the goal is a capacitive rotary interface for one-handed control so your eyes stay on the professor during class. The planned prototype will be built around either an ESP32-S3 or Raspberry Pi Pico W as the main processor, paired with dual MEMS microphones for stereo lecture capture, a small OLED or Sharp Memory LCD display, and physical navigation buttons mimicking a click wheel. The idea is that recorded audio syncs over WiFi to the Twine Campus app, where it gets automatically organized by class. Students can also browse and select their recordings directly on the device display — like an iPod for your lectures — while full transcripts and AI study tools live in the app on their phone. This is being developed as a hardware proof of concept tied to Twine Campus, a student productivity startup. I am currently in the planning and early prototyping phase and am applying to the Hive to help fund components and bring this idea to life this summer.