People Are Using Claude for Wild Things Now

Summary

The video presents 24 examples of people using Claude or Claude Code to build practical tools, prototypes, and creative projects. The host emphasizes that many projects begin with a specific everyday problem. Links to the projects are available in the video description.

Examples

1. Find a lost phone: A Bluetooth signal-tracking app displayed signal strength to help someone locate a work phone when “Find My” was disabled.

2. Lock-picking robot: A 3D-printed machine with motors and sensors used Claude to interpret feedback from lock pins and choose its next move. The host says building it took more than 200 hours and advises viewers not to copy the project.

3. 3D-printed bridge: Five AI models were asked to design a two-foot bridge. In the reported test, the Claude-designed version held about 130 pounds, compared with 17.5 pounds for the GPT-designed one.

4. Family-device privacy check: Claude-assisted code examined an iPhone backup and revealed that an old iPad still linked to the account had been receiving family photos and messages. The check also found an app regularly accessing the user’s location.

5. Wi-Fi troubleshooting: Claude analyzed router settings and identified six potential problems. After changes were made, the reported connection speed increased by roughly eight times.

6. Monitoring what an ISP can see: A network-monitoring app was built to help reveal and protect information visible to an internet provider. The host says it works on Mac and Windows and uses an existing Claude subscription.

7. Custom LEGO robot: Claude helped design a build using around 1,100 real LEGO parts, check that they fit together, generate assembly instructions, and estimate part costs.

8. Viewing dental scans: Claude was used to create a viewer for a large 3D dental scan. The host speculates about analyzing dental-image datasets but explicitly says this is not medical advice.

9. Video-game modding: A tool packages instructions for Claude Code to create mods for games such as Terraria and Age of Empires.

10. Getting a pothole fixed: Photos were turned into a 3D reconstruction and damage simulation, which was sent to a local council. The pothole was reportedly repaired two days later.

11. Tennis coaching: A player shared footage and shot measurements with Claude, which identified performance weaknesses and challenged the player’s initial belief that their forehand was the problem.

12. Cancer-care support: A free tool called F Cancer turns medical reports into plain-language summaries and action plans, draws on reference databases, and syncs information to a Google Doc for family review. Its stated purpose is to help patients ask informed questions, not to replace doctors.

13. Removing TV ads: A project reportedly modified a television’s hardware and software to remove ads and make its operating system faster.

14. Interactive anatomy and mechanisms: Anatomy Here creates rotatable, disassemblable 3D models from short descriptions. Examples include mechanisms and abstract processes, such as how a website remembers information.

15. Connecting lab equipment: The video describes an Anthropic standard intended to let Claude work across different scientific instruments and their software. One quantum-computing company, identified as Q Era, reportedly used it to keep lasers on target, achieving 99% success without human intervention.

16. Car-data dashboard: Using a low-cost scanner, Claude Code worked out how to communicate with a car and display live data such as speed and engine information.

17. Recovering old photos: Claude could not recover deleted iPhone photos directly, but helped locate and open an old laptop backup. The user reportedly recovered more than 2,000 photos from 2019.

18. Running Doom during Claude sessions: A mod launched Doom while Claude Code was running. The host found it entertaining but questioned whether it was useful.

19. CNC-cut furniture: Claude translated a table design into a file suitable for a CNC machine, allowing the parts to be ordered from a local woodworking shop.

20. Robotic arm and 3D printer: A robot arm was designed to retrieve a newly printed object. The creator reportedly found that opening the printer lid was one of the surprisingly difficult parts.

21. Previewing furniture in a new home: Claude used a video of someone’s current home and a Zillow listing to identify furniture, model the prospective home, and show how the furniture might fit. The host recommends checking measurements in person.

22. Food-allergy research: Researchers at a lab called Divergence used Claude to generate about 35,000 designs for a molecular “hand” intended to remove allergy-related markers from cells. The selected designs were reportedly tested against around 20 allergens. The video presents this as a research step, not an established treatment.

23. Personal Spotify setup: A Claude-built system let Alexa play specific songs from downloaded music, avoiding reliance on a paid streaming subscription.

24. Broke budgeting app: The host built Broke, an open-source, Rocket Money-inspired finance dashboard. It can use open-source models, Claude, or other services, and is intended to help users organize budgets and understand factors such as taxes and insurance.

Guides and Projects

The host says the video description links to free projects explaining how to recreate many of the examples. The video itself is primarily a showcase rather than a step-by-step tutorial.

Main Speaker and Sources

The main speaker is the video’s host from NextWork, who narrates and comments on the examples. The projects are attributed to various individual makers and researchers. The video also mentions Anthropic and the Divergence lab.