Jim Lauletta Portrait

Jim Lauletta

Engineer • Innovator • Builder of Systems — exploring Bivology (life from form) and PrivateAI (privacy-first AI)

My work explores two frontiers: Bivology, the science of how life emerges from form, and PrivateAI, building trustworthy AI systems for a future of smartglasses and ambient computing. Both ask the same question: how can technology serve humanity without losing what makes us human?

Note: I’m the engineer and founder — not the Boston stand-up comedian with the same name.
Research Spotlight

The Chan Lab at UT Southwestern

"Breast cancer secretly turns your own immune system's killer cells into cancer helpers — and the Chan Lab is developing a gene therapy to reverse that betrayal and stop the disease from spreading."

My granddaughter Caroline Hauer is a Research Assistant at Dr. Isaac Chan's lab, building patient-derived organoids from cheek swabs and testing a novel gene therapy aimed at restoring the immune system's natural cancer killers. The goal: FDA trials within the next one to two years.

Read the Full Story → Visit The Chan Lab ↗

About Jim

At United Airlines I invented the Modem Sharing Device and helped architect the Apollo data communications network. I later founded Apparat Inc. (NewDos for TRS-80; IBM PC add-on boards), reaching about $25M in sales over 9 years. Today I’m exploring AI and Bivology — still learning and building.

Why Bivology V2?

Version 2 brings clarity and focus: a concise essay, runnable code, and a roadmap for experiments. It’s designed to make the threshold from “organics” to life-like systems more tangible.

  • 2D → 3D: from toy worlds to architecture
  • Hands-on prototype code
  • Next experiments and visuals