Student Prototypes Dazzle at Demo Day

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Our 2025 cohort of Master students with teaching staff at Demo Day
Our 2025 cohort of Master students with teaching staff at Demo Day

Demo Day marks the end of the teaching period here at the School of Cybernetics. It’s a moment for our students to showcase their skills, ideas, and builds with our staff, alumni, and wider community.

This Demo Day we saw students come together in groups to take a problem and create a systematic and cyber-physical solution.

This year we had 5 student group projects, and mirroring the dominant theme from earlier in the year, many of these projects have a health and wellbeing focus.

Anthony and Kevin

Kevin and Anthony pose alongside their Demo Day project
Kevin and Anthony pose alongside their Demo Day project. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Rover aka ‘Jimi’#

Rover is a 3D printed robotic transport system designed to respond quickly in rural emergency scenarios, filling in the gap between when the disaster occurs and when emergency responders arrive.

Anthony walks a visitor through his Demo Day group project
Anthony walks a visitor through his Demo Day group project. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Vaswati, Annie, Gabriel

Group members stand next to their smart wardrobe prototype
Group members stand next to their smart wardrobe prototype. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Lexi#

Lexi is a smart wardrobe system that embeds reflective, creativity and sustainability into the everyday act of dressing. Lexi does this through blending computer vision, machine learning, and agentic AI.

A different perspective - Vaswati, Annie, and Gabriel shot through Lexi
A different perspective - Vaswati, Annie, and Gabriel shot through Lexi. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Jamie, Ren, Yue

Ren, Jamie, and Yue at Demo Day
Ren, Jamie, and Yue at Demo Day. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

YourHealth#

YourHealth is a health data prototype that aims to put you in control of your medical information. This cyber-physical project navigates the complex regulatory and safety needs through a user-centric framework that integrates NFC, homomorphic encryption, and worksite environment data.

Yue demonstrates the YourHealth prototype to one of our alumni.
Yue demonstrates the YourHealth prototype to one of our alumni. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Amber, Michael, Jessica

Michael, Jessica, and Amber pose near some of Breath Connection's prototypes
Michael, Jessica, and Amber pose near some of Breath Connection's prototypes. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Breath Connection#

Breath Connection is a breath regulation system that integrates a modular cyber-physical wearable device. Programmed with a custom artificial intelligence model, breath connection combines the physicality of French knitted conductive thread with the possibilities of speculative futures for wide application and adoption.

Conductive thread prototypes from the development of Breath Connection.
Conductive thread prototypes from the development of Breath Connection. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Alisha, Nathan, Jax

Jax, Nathan, and Alisha post together with their Cafe Ears prototype
Jax, Nathan, and Alisha post together with their Cafe Ears prototype. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

Cafe Ears#

Cafe Ears is a series of wearable prototypes that reduce auditory overwhelm, increasing accessibility for people in noisy settings. This cyber-physical system includes an algorithm that allows the user to tune into only their desired sounds.

Jax demos the Cafe Ears system to a Demo Day visitor
Jax demos the Cafe Ears system to a Demo Day visitor. Photo Credit: Matt Jelly

It’s incredible to see all the dazzling prototypes created by our 2025 Cohort of Master of Applied Cybernetics students. It’s even more incredible to think where these prototypes and people will be in the near future.

Congratulations all for another fantastic Demo Day!

If you’re interested in our Master of Applied Cybernetics program, you can find out more here.

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