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Week 19 - Invention, Intellectual Property, And Income

  • assignment
    • develop a plan for dissemination of your final project
    • prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~25 MB) and put them in your root directory

1. Final Project Dissemination Plan​

For my final project — the Smart Glasses Kit that adds AI-powered voice interaction and vision processing capabilities to regular glasses — I plan the following dissemination strategy:

Target Users​

  • Makers, students, and educators interested in wearable AI.
  • Visually impaired users (with future accessibility-focused adaptations).
  • Open-source hardware developers.

Distribution Channels​

  • GitHub Repository: I will publish all source code, PCB design files, and documentation under an open-source license (likely MIT or CERN-OHL).
  • Hackster.io Project Page: To engage the maker community and share project updates.
  • YouTube: A short demo video to showcase functionality and use cases.
  • FabAcademy Archive: Slide and video submitted as part of my official project page.
  • Social Media & Forums: Posts in platforms like Twitter, Reddit (r/esp32, r/DIY), and Seeed Studio community.

2. Intellectual Property Considerations​

  • I do not plan to patent this project.
  • Instead, I favor open innovation and sharing, to encourage collaboration.
  • The components used (ESP32-S3, camera modules, etc.) are open and accessible.
  • Any machine learning model used will be based on open-source alternatives (e.g., Whisper, TFLite).

For my final project, I have carefully considered the intellectual property (IP) aspects of both hardware and software components. My approach favors open-source principles to encourage community collaboration and further innovation.

License Choice: MIT License​

  • I use the XIAO-ZHI.AI software stack in my project, which is released under the MIT License.
  • To maintain compatibility and support open-source values, I have chosen to release my own software under the MIT License as well.

MIT License

Copyright (c) [2025] [hongtai.liu]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

3. Potential Sources of Income​

While I do not aim to commercialize this project immediately, potential income paths include:

  • Selling kits or pre-assembled units via marketplaces like Tindie or Seeed Fusion.
  • Providing educational workshops and online tutorials.
  • Seeking collaboration with accessibility-focused NGOs or startups.

Special Statement​

The illustration was generated by the Tencent Hunyuan Model: https://image.hunyuan.tencent.com/