Reina Mun
design technology
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Design and Technology / Design Research
My location: Cambridge MA, United States
Reina Mun
First Name: Reina
Last Name: Mun
University / College: MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course / Program: design technology
Graduates: 2023
Specialisms: Design and Technology / Design Research
My Location: Cambridge MA, United States
Website: Click To See Website
About
Reina Mun is a designer and researcher with interests in dynamic sensory interventions, machine learning, and context-aware systems. Her research focuses on investigating ways to embed intelligent buffers in people's immediate surroundings to mediate affective-cognitive responses through physical and material-based approaches.
Chaotic timer: Timer driven by user’s stress level manifesting chaotic symmetry
Chaotic Timer is an interactive and algorithmic timer driven by the user’s stress level. The device consists of four oscillating modules that alter the ways to countdown by manifesting chaotic symmetry through transitioning from chaotic dynamics to synchronized motions over time. The neodymium beads that roll inside each swinging module act as a pendulum bob in periodic motion. It swings back and forth and is constantly on the verge of falling off the edge of the concave plate but never does, inducing the watcher’s anxiety and pressure. Ultimately, the timer manifests a coexistence of chaotic disorder and orderly pattern.