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Add project evolution timeline to landing page
- Visual timeline showing full trajectory from prototype to present - LED prototype → Haptics → Press → Grant → Institutional vendor → Open source - Links to Hackaday, Mitacs, and York U integrated into timeline - Shows progression from grassroots maker project to institutional partnership Makes the compelling story visible on the landing page.
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<h2>💡 Use Cases</h2>
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<p>Perfect for spatial audio feedback, VR/AR navigation, interactive installations, accessibility applications, research projects, gaming, and telepresence.</p>
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<h2>🚀 Project Evolution</h2>
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<h4 style="color: #667eea; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">🎨 Audio-Reactive LED Prototype</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0; color: #666;">Started as wearable LEDs that danced to sound. Claps, music, and environmental audio created spatial light patterns around the body.</p>
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<h4 style="color: #667eea; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">🎮 Evolution to Haptics</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0; color: #666;">Same patterns, different sensory modality. Audio-reactive architecture translated from light to touch, creating wearable haptic feedback systems.</p>
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<h4 style="color: #667eea; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">📰 Press Recognition (2020)</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0; color: #666;"><a href="https://hackaday.com/2020/02/12/in-pursuit-of-haptics-for-a-better-vr-experience/" target="_blank" style="color: #667eea;">Featured on Hackaday</a> as part of pursuing better VR haptic experiences.</p>
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<h4 style="color: #667eea; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">🔬 Research Funding</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0; color: #666;"><a href="https://www.mitacs.ca/our-projects/washable-wearables-for-affordable-and-aesthetic-augmentation-of-visuo-tactile-sensory-perception-enhancement-in-mixed-reality/" target="_blank" style="color: #667eea;">Mitacs grant</a> for washable wearables research in mixed reality applications.</p>
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<h4 style="color: #667eea; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">🎓 Institutional Partnership</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0; color: #666;">KDF Entertainment becomes <a href="https://www.yorku.ca/procurement/oba/kdf-entertainment/" target="_blank" style="color: #667eea;">official York University procurement vendor</a>, enabling direct academic collaboration.</p>
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<h4 style="color: white; margin-bottom: 0.5rem;">🌟 Open Source Today</h4>
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<p style="margin: 0;">Complete hardware designs, firmware, and software released under permissive licenses. Two production-ready implementations available for makers, researchers, and artists worldwide.</p>
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