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TimaLens Lab turns any teacher's lesson into a hands-on virtual science lab that students control with their hands and voice, right in the browser. The problem: across Africa, more than nine in ten secondary schools lack a proper science lab (World Bank). In Tanzania, some students reach their final year of lower secondary having entered a lab only once, and five or more often share one piece of equipment. I started teaching at nineteen in Benin. My students could solve a circuit on paper, but almost none had ever closed a switch and watched a bulb light up. Students don't lack intelligence. They lack practice, and the right to make mistakes. How it works: 1. A teacher uploads their own lesson: a PDF, a photo of the blackboard, or a recording. 2. Muse Spark reads it and designs a complete lab with structured output: the circuit, missions, challenges and a quiz, all aligned with the teacher's lesson. Tima, our voice guide, reads Muse Spark's reasoning aloud while it works, and the teacher can talk to her during generation. Muse Image draws the lab's cover. 3. A deterministic physics engine checks every circuit and proves every challenge can be solved before a student ever sees it. If a lab fails, a repair loop sends it back to Muse Spark. The AI designs; the engine does the science. 4. Students build on a 3D or 2D bench using webcam hand tracking: point, pinch to grab, open the hand to turn the bench. Hand tracking runs in the browser and the webcam feed never leaves the computer. 5. Mistakes are free. A short circuit or a burnt component is simulated, Tima explains why, and the student fixes it and tries again. 6. Students ask Tima anything out loud. Meta's realtime transcription hears them, Muse Spark looks at a picture of their bench and answers from the teacher's own lesson using the circuit's real values. 7. Every session is recorded (bench, student and both voices) and downloads as one MP4, easy to share with a teacher or parent. Today the lab covers electricity, available in English and French. Next: chemistry and biology (reactions, titrations, cells under the microscope) with the same upload and the same verified engine. TimaLens Lab is built by TimaLens Ltd. Our main product, TimaLens, turns lessons into whiteboard explainer videos and already serves 11 paying customers, from the UK to Cameroon. The Lab extends it from watching a lesson to experiencing it. Live: lab.timalens.com