Tools for Autonomy
Practical calculators, planners, and reading tools for reducing dependency and making better tradeoffs.
Grouped into three autonomy layers: Physical (energy and motion), Operational (planning and logistics), and Cognitive (interpretation and decisions).
Physical Autonomy
Estimate Solar Capacity
Estimate how much solar a vessel can realistically carry from hull and deck assumptions. Entry point for the solar-electric suite.
Terminal Velocity
Estimate practical electric propulsion speed from hull, displacement, power, and drag assumptions.
Battery Configuration
Model voltage sag, heat loss, series/parallel needs, and wiring consequences before expensive smoke testing, humanity’s preferred QA method.
Solar Cruising Range
Estimate solar-powered cruising window and range from battery, draw, sunlight, and vessel speed.
Solar ROI
Compare investment, fuel savings, maintenance savings, and long-term residual value.
Operational Autonomy
Pareto Charts
Model goals, dependencies, effort, uncertainty, and schedules across possible futures.
Shop / Artifacts
Downloadable tools, documents, and artifacts for builders who want the numbers instead of motivational wallpaper.
Cognitive Autonomy
Llama Lens
Browser reading lenses for summarizing, translating tone, simplifying, and inspecting text using a configured AI provider.
Videos
How-tos, walk-throughs, travel vlogs, sea-life moments, and small flashes of wonder from the projects in motion.
Blogs
Engineering essays, field notes, and systems commentary on boats, AI, labor, autonomy, and the strange machinery behind modern life.