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Built at SpaceXAI Hack Day, UC San Diego

Think out loud.
Find the technology that already exists.

Clarte is a voice brainstorm partner backed by a living map of papers and patents. It asks why, connects your problem to technology from other fields, argues back, and cites every source.

Free · Open source · Every claim has a link

Grounded in open technical data · Built with

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01 · The problem

Search only works when you already know the keywords. The fix for an overheating drone battery might be hiding in a satellite thermal-control patent, written in words you'd never type. Clarte connects problems to technology by meaning, across fields, and talks you through it.

How a session works

  1. Dig01

    5 Whys

    Clarte keeps asking why until it reaches the root cause, not the symptom.

  2. Shape02

    Why · How · What

    Turn the root cause into a purpose, a mechanism and a concrete solution.

  3. Defend03

    Market & debate

    It searches the map, names existing work and argues the other side.

  4. See it04

    Visualize

    Confirm the idea and get a card, a report and optional concept images.

02 · What it does

Everything a good research partner does, out loud and with receipts.

01Living map

A 3D map of papers and patents.

Every document is a node. Related work clusters by meaning, and links across fields glow when they matter to your problem.

Pale technical floor plan

Edge · semantic

Satellite thermal control ↔ drone battery

  • Papers
  • Patents
  • NASA technical reports
  • Cross-domain links

02Voice-first

A conversation, not a chat box.

Talk the way you think. Clarte listens, asks one question at a time, and keeps track of where you are in the session.

Minimal white device with a round lens

You

It dies after twenty minutes.

Clarte

Is it the cold, or the load?

  • 5 Whys
  • Why · How · What
  • Market & debate
  • Interrupt any time

03Every source, linked

Titles spoken aloud. URLs on screen.

The agent cites only what the search tools return. Each source is read out by title and shown as a clickable link.

Stack of printed research pages

Sources · example

NASA T2 · Patent

arXiv · Paper

NTRS · Report

  • NASA T2
  • NASA NTRS
  • arXiv
  • DOI pages

04Idea card & report

Leave with something you can defend.

Problem, root cause, solution, three evidence documents and the risks that remain. Export it as Markdown or PDF.

Minimal white hardware product held in a hand

Idea card

Passive cooling pack

RootFixRisk
  • Root cause
  • Solution
  • Evidence
  • Risks
  • Export

05Visualize · optional

See the idea before you build it.

Confirm the idea and Grok Imagine renders a concept image, a system diagram and a paper-style figure. Off by default; you bring your own key.

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ConceptDiagramFigure
  • Concept image
  • System diagram
  • Paper figure
  • Your own key

03 · Example sessions

The answer is often in another field. Clarte finds it and shows you where.

Illustrative examples of cross-domain matches, not customer stories.

NASA T2 · Patentexample

Satellite thermal control

→ Drone battery overheating

A passive heat-rejection design built for small spacecraft could keep a pack cool without adding a fan.

arXiv · Paperexample

Phase-change materials

→ Wearable cooling

Materials that absorb heat as they melt, studied for electronics, map onto a vest that stays cool for hours.

NASA NTRS · Reportexample

Radiation-tolerant sensors

→ Harsh-environment IoT

Sensor designs hardened for orbit suggest how to keep field devices alive in heat, dust and vibration.

NASA T2 · Patentexample

Spacecraft water recovery

→ Off-grid filtration

Closed-loop water recycling from life-support research points at compact filters for remote sites.