Ete
ÉTÈ is an independent institute for computational governance that transforms sensor signals, law, and city infrastructure into interactive 3D terrain for auditing power and measuring trust. The platform visualizes radio-frequency spectrum, latency, and telemetry as explorable landscapes, using geometric reasoning rather than language to certify trust. It operates a prototype composer that converts Earth observation telemetry into data-driven compositions, with an annual incubator program in Berlin supporting immigrants, minorities, artists, and engineers.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Government Technology
- Software Only
Funding
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Problem
Traditional governance and trust mechanisms rely on language-based reports and human interpretation, which are too fragile and slow to oversee increasingly automated infrastructure. Power dynamics in cities and networks remain opaque, making it difficult to audit decisions, verify claims, or measure trust in real time. This opacity leaves critical systems without transparent, verifiable oversight.
Solution
ÉTÈ provides an independent institute for computational governance that casts sensor signal, law, and city infrastructure into a single interactive instrument. The platform transforms radio-frequency spectrum, latency, and telemetry data into explorable 3D terrain, allowing users to physically walk through data rather than read static reports. Trust is redefined as a geometric property—a distance metric, boundary check, or topological invariant—certified live through computational methods. The platform includes a composer tool that renders Earth observation telemetry as terrain, enabling users to seed variations and generate data-driven compositions where policy acts as the envelope, trust as membership, and geometry as the agent. The system operates at prototype stage with TRL 4-5, providing documented live endpoints and snapshots labeled with evidence manifests shaped by C2PA standards.
Target Audience
Primary users are researchers, engineers, policy auditors, and city administrators working on computational governance, infrastructure oversight, and trust verification, as well as immigrants, minorities, and artists seeking to apply data-driven governance tools to real-world contexts.
Features
- Interactive 3D terrain visualization of radio-frequency spectrum, latency, and telemetry data for immersive data exploration
- Geometry-based trust certification using distance metrics, boundary checks, and topological invariants instead of language-dependent reasoning
- Composer tool that interpolates Earth observation telemetry as terrain with generate, seed, and density controls for creating data compositions
- C2PA-shaped evidence manifests that label and certify data snapshots for auditability
- Legend-based visual encoding system distinguishing planes (data), boxes (infrastructure), pyramids (gateways), rods (pipelines), nodes (datastores), and envelopes (policy)
- Annual incubator program offering resources to immigrants, minorities, artists, and engineers to co-build real-world research applications