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Selected Works

Footprints A functional inkjet printer built into a pair of Converse. ImageGen Camera A digital camera you can build yourself with Codex. A Plant that Can Talk A houseplant you can have a conversation with using ChatGPT. Chumpop The world's smallest soda (and the worst soda in Bikini Bottom). Tortured AI Agent A Sisyphean agent trapped inside an emotionally unpleasant interface. Morphing Textiles Heat-active nylon fiber studies that shrink, curl, and behave. Netflix's Baking Impossible Cake engineering, edible structure, and televised material theater. LA/NY Hat A robotic fair-weather baseball cap with geographic loyalties.

About

Taylor Tabb

I’m a researcher and creative director working at the intersection of computing, materials, and storytelling. I lead SPAK!, a creative technology studio building first-of-their-kind products, experiments, and experiences.

Spaces & Places

↗ OpenAI (contract) Building interactive, expressive, and creatively motivated experiments with new technology.↗ TIAT Board member for a new media organization rooted in San Francisco.↗ Fidget Camp Co-creator of an annual un-conference focused on teaching and learning across craft and technology, now in its third year.↗ Magic Materials Studio Solo-materials practice focused on sourcing, producing, and selling niche and inspiring materials with a focus on Aerogel.↗ SPAK! Creative technology studio building first-of-their-kind products, experiments, and experiences.↗ Stanford d.school Co-creator of Wild Ways of Making, and occasionally an instructor.

Projects

ImageGen Camera ImageGen Camera2026 A digital camera you can build yourself with Codex. A Plant that Can Talk A Plant that Can Talk2026 A houseplant you can have a conversation with using ChatGPT. SlopTrader SlopTrader2026 An agentic stock trader powered by emotional pleas and near-real-time Codex runs. Chumpop Chumpop2025 The world's smallest soda (and the worst soda in Bikini Bottom). LA/NY Hat LA/NY Hat2025 A robotic fair-weather baseball cap with geographic loyalties. Footprints Footprints2024 A functional inkjet printer built into a pair of Converse. Tortured AI Agent Tortured AI Agent2024 A Sisyphean agent trapped inside an emotionally unpleasant interface. Perfect Impostor Perfect Impostor2024 A tech-enabled look-alike that guides shoppers to refrigerated Perfect Bars. Unlock your Phone with Mountain Dew Unlock your Phone with Mountain Dew2024 Security theater reimagined through citrus, ritual, and vending logic. Duracell Labs Duracell Labs2023 Battery-centric projects and content built for Duracell's TikTok channel. Gelatin Dress Gelatin Dress2021 Pushing Gelatin to the Limit: Razzle-Dazzle Raspberry Dress Watermelon Robot Watermelon Robot2021 In Episode 2 of Baking Impossible, Cindy and I build an obstiable-cource navigation robot bui... Sock Tracker Sock Tracker2021 EDIT: 1/1/2021: Many socks are lost. This experiment is over. Scrubber Scrubber2020 A Spotify-connected soap dispenser that plays 20 seconds of music for handwashing. Me, As A Clock Me, As A Clock2020 You heard me— Clone or download this repo. Call'n Crunch Call'n Crunch2020 This is computer installed into a cereal box full of Cap’n Crunch. Complete with speakers, ca... Morphing Textiles Morphing Textiles2019 Heat-active nylon fiber studies that shrink, curl, and behave. IoT Bubble Maker IoT Bubble Maker2019 Bubbles Right Now: An IOT Bubble Maker! DimensHand DimensHand2019 Ever wanted to measure something but didn’t have a ruler? Same, pretty much all the time. Thi... CMU Booth CMU Booth2019 Booth is one of Carengie Mellon’s oldest and most vibrant traditions. Each spring, greek orga... Disney Princess Name Study Disney Princess Name Study2019 A Statistical Analysis of New Born Baby Naming Trends In Relation To Disney Princess Movie Re... Google Assistant Postermaker Google Assistant Postermaker2018 Machines that draw, print, gesture, and misunderstand the assignment. Grilled Cheese Robot Grilled Cheese Robot2018 Project in collaboration with with Mitchell Riek and Evan Hill #raspberrypi #arduino #assista... Wool Felting Slippers Wool Felting Slippers2018 Possible Farms Identified: White Dog Farm or Wild Rose Farms. Both about 30 miles outside of... Marnegie Cellon University Marnegie Cellon University2017 Buy MCU shirts on Etsy at the MCU Book Shop. Fingbot Fingbot2017 As the only mechanical engineer on a team with two electrical engineers, two computer scienti... Advanced Fruits Zine Advanced Fruits Zine2017 There is a world beyond the Gala Apple DIY Radio Astronomy DIY Radio Astronomy2016 The hardware required to complete this project included: • Raspberry Pi 3 • USB Software Defi... Sad Candle Sad Candle2015 And then i lit the candle, and it got a whole lot more exciting… Polaroid Decomposition Polaroid Decomposition2014 For pretty much ever, I’ve been exploring instant photography, and modification of Polaroid i...