reclaim your data sovereignty in the age of wearables

so... what is rim?

a techno-social vision and set of protocols challenging the standard model of cloud-based data extraction by building tangible, person-to-person systems for storing and sharing intimate live data streams, innovating at the edge of taboo to expand human connection while preserving privacy and autonomy.

In August 2025, we gave our debut talk at HOPE where we demonstrated, live on-stage, early prototypes of wearable devices implementing an "SD-core" aesthetic and detailed the technical underpinnings of our protocol concepts including data dissolution and crystallization, and localized redundancy strategies. Beyond technical implementation, we discussed how this paradigm shift creates space for entirely new forms of human-to-human connection at the boundary of what's technically possible and socially acceptable.

As we approach a future where body-worn devices capture increasingly intimate biometrics, the question of who controls that data has never been more urgent.

→ technical deep dive on encryption, dissolution, and tacquing

what the jewelry does

Each rim is a small piece of wearable storage — a micro-SD card set into a ring, an earring, a pendant, or a chain. Worn together, your data is dissolved across them: split into encrypted shares so no single piece reveals anything, and no single loss is fatal. Pull the pieces back together and the data crystallizes on a device you trust. Your body becomes the data center. The cloud loses its grip.

The jewelry is also literally jewelry — copper, bronze, hand-finished — designed to be worn, not hidden in a drawer with the rest of your hardware-wallet collection. We make them ourselves.

why we're doing this

We're at the brink of a Cambrian explosion of wearables. Brain-computer interfaces are next. The data-extraction business model is being normalized into ever more intimate sensors — and once that's the default for body-worn devices, it'll be very hard to claw back.

rim is a refusal of that trajectory and a sketch of an alternative. Your data on your body, encrypted, distributed across the things you wear. Sharing happens person-to-person, not person-to-cloud. We push at the edge of taboo because that's territory the Apples and Googles can't follow into. The long arc — through tactile communication ("tacquing"), peer-to-peer authentication, data ritual — points at something more fundamental: holding hands across borders until war becomes unthinkable.

where we're going

We are ramping local jewelry production, maturing the Soradyne protocol from proof-of-concept toward something usable, and bringing more people in.

Late summer 2026 is rim's first major public production: a fashion show built around our 12 pillars — twelve pieces, twelve core values, twelve walks. It's a fashion show, an art show, and a manifesto, in that order.

Beyond the show: we'll be developing prototype wearables to share haptic force-feedback touch remotely. Imagine your friend spinning their ring, thus spinning the identical ring on your finger. You add resistance, they feel it and spin harder. A non-verbal dialogue begins.

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→ dive into technicals on encryption, dissolution, and tacquing

watch the force-feedback laptop hinge demo

HOPE 16, August 2025 — first public articulation of the rim vision and the SD-core aesthetic, with live demos of the haptic laptop, jewelry, and magnetic adapter concept.

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HOPE 2025: rim — full slide deck (PDF)

progress since August 2025

Aug 2025 · gave HOPE 16 talk and workshops. First public demonstration of SD-core jewelry and the dissolution / crystallization concept.
Sep 2025 · opened an Etsy shop. Launched on Instagram.
Oct 2025 · metal 3D-printed and tool-hardened a rim logo touch-mark.
Nov 2025 · joined ARTPARTY: Emergence, a group artist showcase at Arts at the Armory.
Dec 2025 · sold at PolyDay Market with a wide variety of jewelry pieces.
Jan 2026 · began planning a 12 model, 12 pillar fashion-first privacy show rim debut for September 2026
Apr 2026 · joined Artisans Asylum, and ramping up local production of rims.

ARTPARTY: Emergence

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watch Emergence from the beginning →

ongoing

Soradyne protocol development: Bluetooth mesh networking, cryptographic signatures, dissolution / crystallization. Code is open and not yet for production use.
Prototyping the magnetic SD adapter — harder than expected. The magnets, the alignment, the mount.

coming up

Sep 2026 · rim fashion show debut. Twelve pieces, twelve models, twelve pillars.