Presenter
Samantha Chin
Biography
Sam Chin is a PhD student at the MIT Media Lab exploring how technology can expand human perception and create new ways of experiencing the world.
Her research focuses on building wearable haptic systems that translate sound and spatial information into touch, with applications ranging from hearing augmentation to drone teleoperation. Sam approaches this work from two perspectives: designing the hardware and interfaces that enable sensory augmentation, and investigating the neuroscience of how we learn and integrate new senses. Her goal is to create technologies that help people navigate perceptually ambiguous situations—whether that's understanding speech in noisy environments or maintaining spatial orientation.
Her research focuses on building wearable haptic systems that translate sound and spatial information into touch, with applications ranging from hearing augmentation to drone teleoperation. Sam approaches this work from two perspectives: designing the hardware and interfaces that enable sensory augmentation, and investigating the neuroscience of how we learn and integrate new senses. Her goal is to create technologies that help people navigate perceptually ambiguous situations—whether that's understanding speech in noisy environments or maintaining spatial orientation.
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