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Veikko Kurki

I design and build products across disciplines. Whether it's designing circuits, writing code, or engineering mechanical systems, I've spent ten years learning how things work and how to build them better. Explore my most relevant projects below.

New York University, BSc. Computer Science

vk2234@nyu.edu • LinkedIn

Omniframe

Personal Project • 2023 - 2025

Open-source e-ink IoT art frame with a novel solar charging system for up to infinite battery life.

Embedded Systems PCB Design ESP32-S3 E-Ink Solar Cell Design Power Delivery Design IoT Altium Designer KiCad Fusion 360 Blender DFM DFA Injection Molding Resin Printing CNC Embedded C ESP Wifi & BLE Display Driver Development Waveform Development Image Processing Pillow AWS Full Stack Development
RoboChess

RoboChess

Academic Group Project • 2022

Voice-controlled chess board with robotic piece movement. A magnet moving inside the board make the pieces slide on the surface. Winner of RAD engineering showcase at NYU.

Embedded Systems Arduino Mega 2560 Sensor Matrix Motor Controller Stepper Motor Bluetooth LE Motion Control C++ Gantry Design Robotics Timing Belts Blender Laser Cutting 3D Printing
Memory Player

Memory Player

Personal Project • 2025

Anniversary gift for my girlfriend: a tiny e-ink device that each day displays a new memory from the past year.

Embedded Systems RP2040 E-Ink CircuitPython Image Processing Pillow Font Processing Blender Fusion 360 CNC Resin Printing
Vitrail

Vitrail

Personal Project • 2025

My first audio engineering project: a battery-powered 60W bluetooth speaker with a walnut enclosure and magnetically attached front grill with an abstract design.

System Integration Power Management USB PD Audio System Design Class-D Amplifier Acoustics Engineering Industrial Design Blender Fusion 360 CNC DFM

Hey Mac

Personal Project • 2025 (in progress)

Miniature iMac G4 personal assistant and desk clock powered by an old iPhone Xs and Claude API.

IOS App Development Swift Python LLM Agents API Integration Speech-to-Text Text-to-Speech SVG Animations Wireless Charging Solidworks Blender Resin Printing Articulated Mount Design
Verify

Verify

Academic Group Project • 2025

Chrome extension for fact-checking news articles.

JavaScript React Node.js Chrome Extensions Express Google Gemini API Google Fact Check API Server-Sent Events (SSE) Tailwind CSS Chrome Scripting API REST APIs
Daylight

Daylight

Personal Project • 2023

An experimental AR headset project exploring transparent waveguide optics for extended screen real estate.

Embedded Systems PCB Design Micro OLED Displays KiCad STM32 Display Driver IC IMU Capacitive Touch Optics Design Waveguide Development Blender Onshape
Go-Kart V2

Go-Kart V2

Personal Project • 2018

Improved version of a simpler kart I made in 2016. Built on a new chassis, and had a custom suspension system and improved steering.

Mechanical Design Metalwork Vehicle Dynamics CAD