Extend engineer Bo Lau created a website that simulates sitting at Elizabeth Holmes’ desk in 2016, using real documents from the United States v. Holmes criminal trial. The site lets users interact with Holmes’ MacBook Air, iPhone, and the Theranos Edison machine, providing a detailed look at the company’s operations before its collapse.
The environment is meticulously recreated, featuring an iPhone with a home button and a MacBook Air running OS X El Capitan, reflecting the technological landscape of 2016. Users can navigate through emails, texts, slides, and documents from the trial, offering a more accessible way to explore the case than sifting through thousands of PDFs.
Lau’s project also serves as a promotional tool for Extend, which claims to 'parse, extract, and split your hardest documents with unmatched accuracy.' While the exact meaning of this capability remains unclear, it has enabled the creation of the Holmes desk simulator, showcasing Extend’s potential in B2B SaaS solutions.
"Every day, I am grateful to the American legal system for making the discovery process public," said Bo Lau, highlighting the importance of transparency in legal proceedings. The website is part of a broader effort to make complex legal information more accessible to the public.
The project also promotes a watch party for Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, 'You Can See Everything,' underscoring the intersection of tech, law, and media. Extend did not specify the exact features of its document processing tools, leaving some aspects of its technology open to interpretation.
Source: techcrunch
