I build at the point where culture meets engineering.
Hip-hop gives me questions worth chasing. Human needs give the work direction. I answer both through data, code, mechanisms, and repeated testing.
I do not start with a technology. I start with a reason to care—then choose the tools the problem needs.
Three different problems.
One way of building.
These projects carry equal weight. Together they show how Tony moves between machine learning, mechanical systems, and human-centered iteration.
Teaching a machine to hear rap’s differences.
A classifier for nine rap subgenres, built from a self-assembled dataset and a comparison of five model approaches.
Building a face that can perform an expression.
A mechanical face designed and built to translate a performer’s tracked facial movement into physical motion.
Three versions of a steadier cup.
A cup sleeve refined through family feedback, adding practical functions while reducing prototype cost from ¥187 to ¥67.
Two more ways
of testing an idea.
These projects extend the portfolio without competing with the three core engineering stories.
A vision test students can run themselves.
Randomized E directions, voice prompts, and gesture recognition reduce queues and manual operation.
Making sustainability easier to compare.
An app concept that rates production sustainability so consumers can make more informed choices.
I study rap.
I also write it.
Tony’s music is the creative practice behind the portfolio: listening closely, finding structure, and turning lived experience into something others can feel.
Listen to Tony’s tracks