Yuxiang is an incoming graduate researcher at MIT Media Lab, working with the Critical Matter Group in the Media Arts and Sciences program; previously a Student Fellow at the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA). He builds body-coupled hardware — what he calls the reflected body: closed-loop systems that read the body and write back to it, with personal AI and a critical eye on embodiment and data. MIT prototype to Shenzhen reference design.
His works are on and beyond screen. He explores and integrates tangible, wearable, haptic, actuated hardware, new fabrication, and novel mechanics at the intersection of HCI, UbiComp, and somatic design, presented as design and evaluated as HCI.
He approaches all design and research with a focus on open-source accessibility and manufacturability, advocating for the transformative potential of DIY, fork, and remix. He wrote a manifesto reflecting on what it means to fabricate the digital.
He's researching and developing tools that mediate humans and the recently excavated artificial nature: computational machinery.
He's actively collaborating with researchers across HCI and adjacent fields. What do you have for him?
His tech stack spans: Hardware/firmware design of body-coupled mechatronic and embedded systems, with personal AI and an industrial design mindset Advanced fabrication with novel materials and mechanics (compliant, soft, e-textile) Distributed protocols and open-hardware reference design, from MIT prototype to Shenzhen production
