Papernet [2023]
A small network between users around the world and a single thermal printer in NYC. Made as a final project for Shawn Van Every's course titled "Live Web". Learn more on the project repo.
![Photo of a robotic mechanism in wooden casing with a small printer atop and a small paper shredder below, paper coming out of the printer is fed into the shredder and shown shredded below.](../images/ylangPapernet.jpg)
slowchat [2023]
A slow paper-based TCP video chat made in collaboration with Jo Suk. This was a semester-long project made in Mark Lam's course titled "Re-Decentralizing the Internet". Learn more on our repo.
![Photo of a robotic mechanism in wooden casing with a small printer atop and a small paper shredder below, paper coming out of the printer is fed into the shredder and shown shredded below.](../images/slowchat.png)
ShotSpotter Analysis [2023]
A data analysis of Chicago's use of the algorithmic policing tool "ShotSpotter". This was a final project for a course titled "Data Analysis, Mapping & Storytelling" taught by Lucy Block & Patrick Spauster. Read the full data story on Medium.
![Photo of a robotic mechanism in wooden casing with a small printer atop and a small paper shredder below, paper coming out of the printer is fed into the shredder and shown shredded below.](../images/ssMap.png)
Virus-Free Personality Quiz [2023]
A mildly specific spam simulator made with @p5xjs & the OpenAI API during Yining Shi's course 'Machine Learning for the Web'. Learn more on the repo.
![Screencap of a website with a livestreamed camera feed & accompaying chat room. The stream seems to change based on web visitor location.](../images/virus.gif)
Insecam Roulette [2023]
Automated insecam based chat app. Concept by ylang cao. Final project for Molly Soda's "Streaming Against the Current" course. Learn more on the repo.
![Screencap of a website with a livestreamed camera feed & accompaying chat room. The stream seems to change based on web visitor location.](../images/insec.gif)
Bot Sermon [2020]
A Twitter bot that re-fashioned early computer instructional literature & religious documents into an automated preacher. This project came from a course called "Reading & Writing Electronic Text" taught by Allison Parrish.
![Screenshot of a twitter account with recent tweets.](../images/botSermon.png)
Pixel Press [2023]
A toy for engaging young audiences with the concept of digital imaging. Made in collaboration with Josephine Wang as a midterm for Sharon De La Cruz & Khushbu Kshirsagar's course Designing Curiosity Portals. Learn more on our repo.
![Screencap of a website with a livestreamed camera feed & accompaying chat room. The stream seems to change based on web visitor location.](../images/pixelPress1.png)
Chuchero Plus [2022]
A movement controlled music instrument & LED visualizer. Made in collaboration with Alfonssette Medina as a final project for a couse in Physical Computing taught by Yeseul Song. Learn more on our repo.
Serenity Local [2023]
An automatic sound installation within a found magazine distribution box. Made as a final project for Sharon De La Cruz & Khushbu Kshirsagar's course Designing Curiosity Portals (formerly Stem Accessibility).
![Photograph of a person in an orange puffer jacket & New York Yankee branded sneakers deated with their head inside of a white magazine distribution box.](../images/serenityLocal.jpg)