Ozan Karaali

I work on cloud-connected prosthetics. I also build media tools, write about systems, and make music.

Giving bionic hands access to the edge.

My PhD asks what happens when a prosthetic hand can offload perception and planning over 5G, while time-critical control stays local.

Latency here is not just a benchmark. It can decide whether someone grips a cup naturally or waits for the system to catch up.

DFF CLIMB Publications

5-second lab loop: controlling the hand from the forearm rig. Read the research

Open source, mostly useful.

QiTV A cross-platform IPTV player for content that is otherwise hard to access. Python · active yolov3-recaptcha A rough YOLO proof of concept. Pixel-to-click never worked; the idea still found an audience. Python · 100+ stars limitr A browser audio limiter, noise canceller, and live subtitler for chaotic streams. JavaScript · experiment

Everything on GitHub

Anatolian Wilderness album artwork showing city buildings and distant hills beneath a vivid sunset sky

Anatolian Wilderness

Some thoughts refuse to become code.

So I record guitar instead. The songs are less documented than the software, which is probably healthy.

Spotify Apple Music

Notes, arguments, and reverse engineering.

I write when the README is too small and a paper would be the wrong shape.

2026.07.24 Opinion: AI Did Not Invent Laziness Bad academic work existed before generative AI. The problem is carelessness, not the presence of a new tool. 2022.06.07 I am on Spotify, Apple Music Youtube Music and more! Released some songs to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, Deezer and more. 2019.11.10 Creating Thinking Face Emoji with Zdog Building an interactive 3D thinking face emoji using the Zdog pseudo-3D engine.