Crossville, Tennessee

Luke Elston. I fix things, build things, and fly things.

I'm a creative technologist with a background in electrical linework. I build practical tools and interactive experiences with AI, software, and physical equipment — and help people around Crossville get their technology working.

Three doors.

Pick the one that matches your problem. They all lead to the same truck.

01
Fix it →

Computers, wifi, printers, cameras — house calls anywhere on the Plateau. No ticket number. Just Luke.

02
Build it →

Custom tools, workflow automation, and interactive prototypes. Start with a specific problem and a clearly scoped first build.

03
Fly →

Drone mapping for farms, nurseries, and land — and the long game: walking your own property in VR.

Field notes

Things I've built, in the order I'd show them to you.

The farm's orthomosaic from drone imagery, slowly turning
01
Atlas →

A drone-mapping company for the Upper Cumberland — and the Worlds: your land, scanned, then turned into a place you can walk, fly, build in, and hand to your grandkids.

02
NAFWorld →

Atlas's first World: the family farm, flown, scanned, and rebuilt as a game for the Quest 3 — bows, droids, vehicles, fireflies after dark.

03
Euterpe →

An augmented-reality piano prototype: visual note cues over the real keys, explored and tested with a headset.

04
The Cumberland house →

The house we just moved into — orbited by drone, turned into an exterior 3D model you can explore in a browser.

05
Pelorus →

A custom industry-news briefing built around a chemicals sales team’s customers and markets. Commissioned software, refined with user feedback.

06

Clew

A personal app prototype shaped around one card and one next step, designed to reduce interface clutter.

07
The fleet →

Experiments in connected systems — local AI, visual interfaces, physical lighting, and persistent memory.

The long one

Harmonia.

Humanity is a brain that's missing the synapses. Harmonia is a memory system for the species — a way for the person who has your exact problem solved to find you, without either of you handing your life to a server. Privacy that's structural, not a policy. Humans decide, always. The spec exists. The code doesn't yet. It's the thing I'll still be working on when the rest of this page is history.

Things I believe

Working rules, not a manifesto.

  1. Visibility before features.
  2. If it can't be verified, it isn't done.
  3. The room should tell you — not your inbox.
  4. The interesting problems live where consciousness, cosmology, and code overlap.
  5. I work for families, farms, and small outfits.
  6. Start small. Test the result. Build on what works.
Who's Luke

My background includes four years of training through an electric co-op and two degrees in electrical linework. Today I build with AI, software, and physical equipment, and fly drones under FAA Part 107. I moved to Crossville in 2026 with my wife, two kids, and a rescue named Vega.

Reach me

Text is fastest. Email works. If you're on the Plateau, the kitchen table works best.