diff --git a/app/components/ProjectsSection.vue b/app/components/ProjectsSection.vue
index 680a4bd..d314270 100644
--- a/app/components/ProjectsSection.vue
+++ b/app/components/ProjectsSection.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const cardStates = reactive<Record<string, CardState>>(
   Object.fromEntries(resume.projects.map((p) => [p.name, { x: 50, y: 50, hover: false }])),
 )
 
+const { registerCard } = useScrollActivatedCards(cardStates)
+
 const onCardMove = (name: string, e: MouseEvent) => {
   const el = e.currentTarget as HTMLElement
   const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ const onFaviconError = (e: Event) => {
       <li v-for="project in resume.projects" :key="project.name">
         <component
           :is="project.href ? 'a' : 'div'"
+          :ref="(el: Element | ComponentPublicInstance | null) => registerCard(el, project.name)"
           :href="project.href"
           :target="project.href ? '_blank' : undefined"
           :rel="project.href ? 'noopener noreferrer' : undefined"
diff --git a/app/components/SkillsSection.vue b/app/components/SkillsSection.vue
index bd152d7..0a0a61a 100644
--- a/app/components/SkillsSection.vue
+++ b/app/components/SkillsSection.vue
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ const cardStates = reactive<Record<string, CardState>>(
   Object.fromEntries(resume.skills.map((g) => [g.label, { x: 50, y: 50, hover: false }])),
 )
 
+const { registerCard } = useScrollActivatedCards(cardStates)
+
 const onCardMove = (label: string, e: MouseEvent) => {
   const el = e.currentTarget as HTMLElement
   const rect = el.getBoundingClientRect()
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ const onCardLeave = (label: string) => {
       <div
         v-for="group in resume.skills"
         :key="group.label"
+        :ref="(el: Element | ComponentPublicInstance | null) => registerCard(el, group.label)"
         class="skill-card relative overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-[var(--color-border)] bg-[var(--color-bg-elevated)] p-5 transition-colors duration-200 hover:border-[var(--color-fg-subtle)]"
         :style="{
           '--mx': cardStates[group.label]?.x + '%',
diff --git a/app/composables/useScrollActivatedCards.ts b/app/composables/useScrollActivatedCards.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59807d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/composables/useScrollActivatedCards.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+type CardState = { x: number; y: number; hover: boolean }
+
+/**
+ * Drives card hover states via IntersectionObserver on touch devices.
+ * On pointer-fine devices (desktop) it does nothing — mouse events handle it.
+ *
+ * Usage:
+ *   const { registerCard } = useScrollActivatedCards(cardStates)
+ *   <div :ref="(el) => registerCard(el, key)" …>
+ */
+export function useScrollActivatedCards(cardStates: Record<string, CardState>) {
+  const pending = new Map<string, Element>()
+  const observers: IntersectionObserver[] = []
+
+  const registerCard = (el: Element | unknown, key: string) => {
+    if (el instanceof Element) pending.set(key, el)
+  }
+
+  onMounted(() => {
+    if (!window.matchMedia('(pointer: coarse)').matches) return
+
+    for (const [key, el] of pending) {
+      const state = cardStates[key]
+      if (!state) continue
+
+      const observer = new IntersectionObserver(
+        ([entry]) => {
+          if (!entry) return
+          state.hover = entry.isIntersecting
+          if (entry.isIntersecting) {
+            state.x = 50
+            state.y = 50
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          // Shrink the effective viewport by 25% from the bottom so cards only
+          // activate once they've scrolled well clear of the bottom edge.
+          rootMargin: '0px 0px -25% 0px',
+          threshold: 0.1,
+        },
+      )
+
+      observer.observe(el)
+      observers.push(observer)
+    }
+  })
+
+  onBeforeUnmount(() => {
+    observers.forEach((o) => o.disconnect())
+  })
+
+  return { registerCard }
+}