Kevin Tang

About

Hi I’m Kevin, a creative technologist developing interactive web and physical products powered by generative AI.

I am currently a researcher at Harvard GSD REAL Lab and MIT Design Intelligence Lab.

Featured Works.

Entropy CompassLatent space navigation via diffusion-based image generation and integrated prompt steering
2024 Vue.js p5.js python runwayML OpenAI Vercel MongoDB

Dream CanvasImage and video resontruction based on idea of “scrapbooking”
2024 LLM Stable Diffusion React Flask

gpTeaasynchronous tea time enabled by AI
2024 ESP32 OpenAI Dall-E

GeniDevice and platform for a child’s first AI experience
2025- Work in progress Train-of-thought RAG Interface Design Full-stack Firmware UserStudy

Harvard Political ButtonsReimaging archival search practices
2025 SQLite React Python

MoMA UnboxingA digital search tool based on volume
2025 Vite three.js SQLite Meshy

PlotBotNon-linear AI Chatbot: sample and merge messages to generate alternative timelines
2024 OpenAI Node.js React

Project SynthiaAn Experiment in Emergent Design Methodology
2025 Sensors Stable Diffusion Python OpenCV Cycloidal Drive Arduino

Eye-paratusResearch exploring projection-based augmented reality (AR) for explainable robot vision (CV)
2023 Arduino OpenCV Python MediaPipe

Solar MirrorApplying Machine Learning to Optimize Automated Multi-Angle Mirrors in Smart Buildings
2023 Scikit-learn Python ClimateStudio Grasshopper

Classifier’s Gaze Supervised Machine Learning as drawing tool.
2023PyTorch Python MongoDB

Blast from the past.

Before my interest in AI, my worked focused more on industrial design, speculative design, and electronics. Here are some notable ones:

Thumb WarsController for a 1 dimensional game
2023

FastenerdMachine Screw Identifier
2021

Aoede ScribeSound-based wax heat-milling machine
2022

Dispersion of TouchCapasitive and daisy-chainable PCB lights
2022

fuma-dataWhat if vapor contained data?
2022

Polyphenic ChairTopology optimization in grasshopper
2021

OnDeckProductivity app for blancing personal and group tasks
2021

unfoldCollapsible massage gun
2020