Youmin Kim

- starter, writer-wannabe

Experience

• Research engineer, Convergence Laboratory in LG Electronics, Aug. 2010 - present
• Toyman, atoyfactory, May 2010 - present
• Editor, UXFactory, Sep. 2008 - Mar. 2011
• Researcher, New Media Art Laboratory in Vinyl, Feb. 2010 - Jul. 2010
• Researcher, Digital Media Lab in KAIST, Feb. 2008 - Feb.2010

Education

• M.S. in Digital Media Program, KAIST, 2008-2010
  • Thesis: "A Touch-less Multi-point Input Device with IR-based Virtual Plane"
• B.S. in Computer Science Engineering, ICU, 2004-2008
  • Minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Study Abroad Program in EFREI, 2007

Exhibition

• "Strange Apple", Hello Museum, Nov. 2010 - Feb. 2011
• "Stand your own Canon", CannonPlex, Apr. 2010 - May 2010

Talk / Press

• Interview on atoyfacoty ("토이를 연구하는 '토이맨 들'"), 월간 웹 vol. 144, 2011
• Seven Challenges from Making TonTon, Makezone Seminar, 2011
• Workshop on Data Visualization using OpenFrameworks and Python, atoyfactory, 2010

Play

InstaPray, 2011

We #prayforjapan. Visit! in atoyfactory. w/ Google App engine + Instagram API.

TonTon, 2010

Music generating toy shown at Hello Museum. in atoyfactory. w/ Arduino + IR sensors to detect tags in shells.

Disko, 2010

Multitouch table shown at GSTAR 2010. with NEXON. w/ CCV + pyMT framework.

Loves in Cledor, 2010

An interactive wall projection shown at a Cledor's popup store. Particles track people movement and make the shape of heart with steering behavior. with Vinyl. w/ Shadow tracking using Infra-red light/camera + OpenCV + OpenFrameworks.

vTable, 2010

Multitouch table for the 10th aniversary of Vinyl. Front-DI based multitouch table. Twitter mentions are presented with fiducials. People's hand touch attract particles. Particles vibrate with beats on background music. with Vinyl. w/ CCV + Twitter API + OpenFrameworks.

Digital Rain, 2010

Illuminating garden design using 30 LED bar modules in KT Olleh Square (Gwanghwa-moon). with Vinyl. w/ Controlled by programmed switching circuit + Wiring.

Stand Your Own Canon Exhibition, 2010

Three interactive visualization of 400 background photos. IR blob and moving object tracking. with Cannon Korea. w/ Processing + webcam + IR laser pointer.

Contact: @youminkim
Last modified on Feb. 21^st 2012.