Alpha Centauri Technologies Inc. · Engineering & Applied Systems

Software and hardware built from first principles.

Founded by Shomir Banerjee, MD, MSEE, Alpha Centauri Technologies Inc. develops software platforms and hardware prototypes across health information technology, expert-witness document workflow, practice operations, financial portfolio accounting, student learning and test practice, and small-satellite propulsion.

Portfolio

Ten projects under Alpha Centauri Technologies Inc.

Direct links and current status across our healthcare, expert-witness document workflow, scheduling, financial technology, education, and aerospace systems.

Live Web App Educational Health Information Web App

MyMedChat

AI chatbot web application that provides general medical information in plain language, with built-in emergency safety screens and a privacy-first design. Helps users understand medical concepts and prepare questions to discuss with their own clinician. Educational software only; not a medical device, does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and no licensed clinician reviews or answers chats on the platform.

Partner Pilot B2B Practice Operations & Telehealth SaaS

Marx

Multi-tenant practice operations and telehealth software platform for independent cash-pay and direct-care medical practices. Combines agentic patient intake and front-office workflows, draft clinical documentation support for clinician review, a chart-style EMR interface with messaging, and optional patient accountability workflows.

Lab R&D (TRL 2) Smallsat Micro-Propulsion Hardware

InductoJet

PocketQube- and CubeSat-scale water-steam electrothermal micro-thruster using contactless inductive heating of a co-printed susceptor core. Designed to use unpressurized liquid water propellant with no pressure vessel and no resistive filament in the flow path. Currently in laboratory development (TRL 2).

Live Web App Clinician Reference Calculator

Yellow Baby

Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (newborn jaundice) threshold and risk-stratification calculator for healthcare professionals at neonatalhyperbilirubinemia.org. Displays published AAP 2022 and Bhutani 1999 / AAP 2004 reference curves, serial bilirubin rate-of-rise plotting, and guideline citations so clinicians can independently verify every threshold with zero server-side storage of user entries. Educational reference software only; does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

Private Beta Expert-Witness Case Management & Document Workflow SaaS

Posson

Local-first, page-cited case record indexing and chronology software workflow for document organization, Bates- and page-pinned timeline building, and source-verified excerpt preparation, keeping all opinion writing strictly with the retained expert.

Private Beta B2B Wealth-Tech & Portfolio Accounting SaaS

Bowlz

Deterministic B2B portfolio accounting, time-weighted and internal rate of return (TWR/IRR) performance reporting, quarterly advisory fee-billing calculation, and custodian data reconciliation software for independent Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) migrating from legacy desktop systems. Strictly a software platform; does not provide investment advice.

Launching Soon Education & Test Practice Web App

Upper Level Prep by Alpha Centauri

Upper Level practice for the SSAT®, for students 13 and older: 760 original practice questions, step-by-step explanations that show why tempting wrong choices fail, a full-length timed practice test with answer review (scores are estimates, not official scores), and a short test-taking techniques guide.

SSAT® is a registered trademark of its owner, which is not affiliated with, and does not sponsor or endorse, this product.

In Development Education & AR Learning Software

AR Tutor

A homework tutor in development for XREAL AR glasses, with a standard screen version planned for families without glasses. A student asks a question out loud, and the tutor responds with guiding questions, small step-by-step hints, and links to vetted learning resources. It is designed to help students work through problems themselves and never to give them the answer. Planned family accounts include parent controls. In development; not yet available.

In Design Family Strategy Game & 3D-Printed Tiles

Hex Dominion

Hex Dominion is a family strategy game where players snap together 3D-printed hex tiles, grow cities, link roads and rails, and lead troops, tanks and ships to rule the map, with a Junior mode for younger players. Rules v1 and the print spec are drafted, and test prints are next.

Aerospace R&D · InductoJet

Compact water-steam propulsion for small satellites.

InductoJet is an electrothermal water-steam micro-thruster concept for PocketQube and CubeSat platforms. Liquid water is stored unpressurized, boiled in a preheated coil, and superheated via contactless inductive heating of a co-printed susceptor before expanding through a converging-diverging nozzle.

Mission extension

Use safe, unpressurized liquid water propellant to counteract atmospheric drag and extend orbital lifetime on compact smallsat buses.

Collision avoidance

Millinewton-class thrust targets for conjunction response on small satellites that cannot carry conventional high-pressure cold-gas or hazardous chemical systems.

Active de-orbiting

A compact, non-pressurized water architecture designed to support 5-year post-mission disposal compliance without range-safety pressure-vessel waivers.

Theoretical Specifications (TRL 2 Model)

First-order analytical targets

All performance figures below are theoretical 1-D model targets pending laboratory hardware characterization and thrust-stand measurement.

Specific impulse (theoretical) 90 to 118 s
Thrust (theoretical) 1 to 2 mN
Input power (theoretical) 2 to 10 W
Thruster head envelope 5 × 5 × 1 cm
Total impulse & propellant mass Set by mission water tank volume (target envelope under evaluation; no thrust or Isp performance has been measured yet).

Current Maturity (TRL 2)

Analytical model and first printed test pieces.

  • Lab

    Founder-operated bench equipment includes SLA and FFF 3D printers, induction driver electronics, oscilloscope, clamp meter, and thermal instrumentation.

  • Analysis

    First-order 1-D thermal, induction-coupling, and nozzle flow modeling complete (TRL 2).

  • Fabrication

    Initial high-temperature polymer (PPS) channel and nozzle test pieces printed on a desktop FFF printer; internal bore and throat dimensions under inspection.

  • Next gate

    Dry induction-coupling calorimetry (S2-CAL-01), followed by atmospheric steam flow and mass-loss thrust characterization.

Development Roadmap

From bench calorimetry to flight qualification.

  1. Dry induction-coupling calorimetry (S2-CAL-01)
  2. Bore measurement and leak/pressure verification
  3. Atmospheric steam generation and mass-flow test
  4. 1-D lever-arm thrust characterization
  5. Valve, unpressurized reservoir, and planned digital control interface (I2C/CAN)
  6. Vacuum chamber qualification and flight demonstration

B2B Engineering & Product Advisory

Physician + Electrical Engineer consulting for health-tech and medtech teams.

Alongside its ten product initiatives, Alpha Centauri Technologies Inc. provides non-clinical B2B product, clinical-workflow, and engineering advisory services led by Shomir Banerjee, MD, MSEE. All advisory work is strictly non-clinical B2B technical, product, and engineering workflow review. Non-clinical consulting; no medical advice.

Clinical Workflow & Safety-Risk Review

Structured product and workflow evaluation for digital-health and medical-device teams, focusing on failure modes, clinician usability, and non-device educational vs. regulated software boundaries.

Clinical AI & Systems Architecture

Evaluation harnesses, prompt/guardrail architecture, and technical due diligence for seed and early-stage health-technology companies and investors.

Engineering & Health-IT Expert Review

Technical and record analysis at the intersection of medical devices, health information systems, and clinical documentation workflows.

Contact

Connect with Alpha Centauri Technologies Inc.

For product inquiries across any of our ten projects, SBIR/STTR research collaboration, or B2B consulting discussions, reach Shomir Banerjee directly.

Founder & Principal Investigator

Shomir Banerjee, MD, MSEE

Email

alpha@alphacentauritech.com

Mailing Address

PO Box 2522, Monterey, CA 93942