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riga field office · case file № 21
the evidence board
subject: raghav joshi
summary: builds things from scratch. six open cases, all pinned below.
status: open — still building
profile
6' 5'
raghav joshi
based: riga, latvia
studies: rtu
m.o.: ships it, then fixes it
alias: "the fixer"
case 01
twinital
founder
live in a real rtu course since sep 2026. mvp in 3 months.
case 02
photo booth
shipped
exhibit a — idfw '26 · 800+ photos
spend-sense · finquest 2026
case 03
spendsense
best team
15 finalist teams. one best team award.
raghavjoshi.dev/future-sandbox
case 04
future sandbox
used in workshops
exhibit b — workshop 02, live in the room
hearme · ai communication
case 05
hearme
founder
case 01 · founder & developer · 2026
twinital
Digital-twin intelligence — an AI twin of a professor that students can ask about the course anytime, in their own language.
live in prof. elina mikelsone's rtu course since sep 2026
first mvp built in 3 months — still improving every week
presented at dfgn unboxed 2026 / idfw in riga
"My digital twin is available 24/7 to answer questions about the study course." — prof. elina mikelsone
ai digital twins edtech multilingual
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case 02 · idfw 2026 · rtu design factory 10th anniversary
photo booth
A kiosk photo booth with a live photo wall — every approved shot appears on every open screen within about a second.
self-camera with a 3-2-1 countdown, retake & review
stackable filters: snap ar lenses, colour tints & face-tracked props
"catch the falling potatoes" — open your mouth to eat them
guests scan a qr code and upload from their phone
800+ photos across idfw week — bugs fixed and improvements shipped live, mid-event
live gallery: idfw '26 wall ↗
next.js 15 typescript supabase realtime mediapipe snap camera kit zustand
OPEN THE BOOTH OPEN THE BOOTH
case 03 · finquest 2026 · team independent users
spendsense
A financial-awareness app that helps people understand their spending, find hidden savings and see what their future could look like.
best team award among 15 finalist teams at finquest 2026
smart nudges, a streak breaker and saver levels that reward good habits
"your future at 60" — pension projections in today's money
learn & earn quizzes, plus an anonymous "people like you" community
fintech ux design gamification prototype
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case 04 · rtu future sandbox
future sandbox
The programme's front door — an editorial landing page plus the four tools students use live during the workshop.
idea generator — an ai writes three ideas for each participant
registration — teams sign up with their idea
vote — teams pick the winners
idea bank — photograph your prototype, it goes on the wall
next.js typescript ai supabase
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case 05 · founder & ai developer · since dec 2025
hearme
An AI-powered communication platform that lets deaf and hearing people talk naturally — accessibility built into the architecture, not bolted on.
real-time sign-language recognition and speech-to-text
text-to-sign with virtual sign-language avatars
role-based modes (deaf / hearing / interpreter) over webrtc video
fbci mid-term pitch winner · 3rd at future venture lab · imagine cup 2026 entry
react node.js azure ai computer vision webrtc
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case 06 · the archive
other cases
Installations, experiments, agents, tools and the early projects where it all started.
galaxy — an anniversary installation where every visitor lights a star
ai agents: fraud detection in 6 hours, voice → invoice → email
developer tools: meeting notes, sprite slicer
where it began: html, css & vanilla js
typescript python javascript
ALL ON GITHUB ALL ON GITHUB
( 03 ) the evidence board
case 00 / 06
( 04 ) — about
hi, i'm raghav — a computer science student at riga technical university who
builds products, hosts communities
and ships things people actually use. half engineer, half organiser.
live
locating…
founder
lab manager
organiser
developer
event host
ar / vr
map legend
based in riga, latvia
studying computer science @ rtu
founding twinital & hearme
leading gdg riga & gdg on campus rtu
working at rtu science & innovation centre
backed by 3× grants · 6+ scholarships
( 05 ) — experience
the path so far
gdg riga now · since jul 2026 gdg lead · riga & rtu google developer groups · gdg riga + gdg on campus rtu
leading the city chapter and the campus one — rtu is the only university in latvia with a gdg on campus. workshops, hackathons, talks.
the whole crew now · since feb 2026 technical innovation assistant rtu science and innovation centre
turning university research into real products, incl. an ai product for students.
hearme now · since dec 2025 founder & ai developer hearme
real-time sign-language recognition, speech-to-text and text-to-sign for deaf and hearing people.
twinital.com now founder & developer twinital
ai digital twins of professors — live in an rtu course since sep 2026.
3d scanning demo · midlab jul – oct 2026 midlab manager rtu science and innovation centre
3d scanning, digital modelling and vr/ar prototyping for students and researchers.
ftc26 · 120+ in the room jun 2026 organiser future tech conference '26
my first event: 180+ registrations in 7 days, 120+ students in the room.
atlas · cern looking up at atlas jan 2026 trainee cern ideasquare · i2planet
erasmus+ traineeship in geneva — satellites, systems thinking, prototyping.
where it started may 2024 – jan 2025 frontend developer intern tex infotech
responsive ui, react & bootstrap, api integration and performance fixes.
first lines of code nov 2023 – apr 2024 frontend intern webuncles
ui design in figma, then html, css and javascript — where it started.
wins along the way
scholar alfreds raisters · rtu
3rd techchill hackathon
best team finquest 2026
winner fbci mid-term pitch
2nd fbci · best innovation
3× student innovation grants
( 06 ) — notes & wins
lately.
straight from my linkedin — the builds, the events, the wins, and the weeks where nothing worked.
READ ALL NOTES READ ALL NOTES
( 07 ) — commit garden
every commit plants something.
live from github.com/Raghav-joshi21 — one flower per week. more commits, taller stems, bigger blooms.