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FROM IMAGINATION

TO REALITY

research projects

Let's Flex

From digital drawing to DIY Flexible Pressure Sensor Fabrication (Link will open soon)

ReCode

Modulating Interoceptive Signals for Influencing the Conscious Experience

Design and Evaluation of aSpire

ACM IMWUT'22

aSpire

Mobile and Clippable Pneumatic-feedback Device for Breathing Regulation (CHI'EA 21)

Therms-Up!

DIY Inflatables and Interactive Materials by Upcycling Wasted Thermoplastic Bags (TEI'21)

ambienBeat

Wrist-worn Mobile Tactile Biofeedback for Heart Rate Rhythmic Regulation (TEI'20)

ORBITING

ORBITING Rotational Molding Machine

Bubble Talk

Open-source interactive art toolkit for metaphor of modern digital chat

reMi

Animated Paper (UIST'19 poster)

reSpire

Shape-changing Fabric Interface (C&C'19)

Invisible to Visible

Expansion of drawing space and body

How to Make (Almost) Anything

MAS.863 MIT

Myoelectric Prosthetic Hand

IEEE ICRA'17

Emot

Make your emotion tangible! (IROS'17 workshop)

Exploration of Soft Interaction

Expand your experience

ART WORKS

Short Artist Statement

The Stranger

Can you ever be what you say and say what you are?

Please make yourself comfortable

This project is not public yet

Surprise Its You

Question on data ethics

Days of my Heartbeat

Data-driven Art (Body)

Atlas

Data-driven Art (Map)

Welcome to My Room

Data-driven Art (Time)

[Group Exhibition] Breathing in Sync Toward Interpersonal Connectedness

Presence of Absence

[Group Exhibition] the Bees of Science

MAS.810 Decoders 1.2 class

Bubble Talk

Translating the presence of modern digital chat into fleeting bubbles

ORBITING

Invisible to Visible

orthographies

Collection of 'self-excuse'

Collection of "self-talk"

Instagram

Achieve of Daily paintings

ABOUT

ABOUT

KYUNG YUN CHOI

KYUNG YUN (goes by Yun) Is a PhD candidate and Research Assistant

at Tangible Media Group, MIT Media Lab.

She is an engineer, designer, and artist. The overarching aim of her research efforts has always been to create a new interactive interface that extends the space of user experience by enabling the transmission of emotional and tactile information. To this end, her objective is to develop this new medium that expands the range of our perceptions for the improved embodiment with focuses on soft robotics, multi-functional composite structure and material, and digital fabrication.

Prior to joining the Media Lab, Kyung Yun developed two Cube satellites as a chief engineer of the structural and thermal control system in conjunction with NASA GSFC. Also, she has worked on developing a myoelectric prosthetic hand at the Bretl Research Group and at the start-up company, PSYONIC, as a lead mechanical engineer. She received her B.S in Mechanical Engineering from Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea and her M.S in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kyung Yun is a recipient of the Korean Government Scholarship for Study Overseas in 2014, and the Kwanjeong scholarship for her graduate studies in 2017 and 2019.

Outside of the lab, you may find her painting, backpacking in nature, and hopefully soon driving a space shuttle in space :)