damian bemben

What i've worked on

A collection of experiments, failures, and breakthroughs.

Solaris

AI / MLWeb

Breathing planet with an LLM brain. (2025)

Celestial

Solaris

A living planet - using Gemini API with large RAG prompt to create fake planet-like intelligence

OddISee

AI / ML

"Weird" Travel trip finder (2025)

Product

OddISee

Bored of instagram "recommendation" feeds showing you the same 5 holiday destinations? Try OddIsee, and adventure like a lost greek hero, seeing the wacky side of life.

Self Check-Out Machine

AI / MLSilly

Self-Checkout that hates you (2024)

XR / Immersive

Self Check-Out Machine

A sanctimonious self-check out machine attempts to prevent you from checking out

Trainwreck

EventsAI / ML

AI Immersive Theatre Tech (2025)

XR / Immersive

Trainwreck

Creative technology for immersive theatre play

Windscope

AI / MLJob

AI Turbine Maintenance (2023)

CleanTech

Windscope

Developer on Windscope - SAAS service creating predictive maintence for wind turbines without the need for additional hardware

Invisible Pollution

EventsInstallation

Installation of Sheffield Live Pollution Data (2020)

CleanTech

Invisible Pollution

If someone handed you a glass of brown water, you wouldn’t drink it. Unfortunately, when it comes to the air we breathe, it’s not that simple. We only notice poor quality or polluted air when it starts to affect our health. But by that time it’s too late.

NimbyDex

AI / MLWeb

Analysis of UK NIMBY sentiments. (2025)

CleanTech

NimbyDex

A map demo integrating AI & open-source UK cancellation data to analyse Not In My Backyard Sentiment

Ecosystem Project - Nature Of Code

Web

Study of "Nature Of Code" (2025)

Miscellanous

Ecosystem Project - Nature Of Code

A study into the nature of code book - introducing the ideas via canvas drawing, web.gl and three.js code

Celestial Orbiter

AI / ML

Celestial Orbit Visualiser (2025)

Celestial

Celestial Orbiter

Using gemini api to parse and visualise celestial orbit data to easily adapt it into a solar system

What's Next Southampton

Events

Southampton Youth Arts Festival (2023)

Community

What's Next Southampton

Lead organizer for an arts festival in southampton, aimed at giving young people inspiration on the opportunities within the city.

Geothermal Sites

SpatialJob

Map of UK Geothermal Sites (2025)

CleanTech

Geothermal Sites

Demo showcasing deckl.gl site usage

Re-Imagine: Southampton

SpatialAI / MLInstallation

Lidar City Re-Development (2025)

XR / Immersive

Re-Imagine: Southampton

A short demo showcasing re-imagining of key places in Southampton using AI

Syzygy

Web

Harvard Star Data Visualisation (2025)

Celestial

Syzygy

A small demo using threejs and custom shader code to create interesting star-field visualisations

Geochip

Installation

Immersive Geospatial 3D Prints (2023)

XR / Immersive

Geochip

Make any place a piece of art - Founded a creative design business aimed at creating interesting 3D Printed art works

Emittle

WebSilly

Emissions based Wordle (2024)

CleanTech

Emittle

Guess the country based on the emission data

Solent Cluster

AI / MLJob

Decarbonisation modelling for industrial cluster. (2023)

CleanTech

Solent Cluster

Energy system modelling different decarbonization scenarios for a large geographic cluster within the Hampshire area