CNET: Meet the floating robot companion eesigned for safe, friendly human interaction

CNET: 2026

Our Floating Companion collaboration with KEIO university, featuring our HKPFS PhD student Yanheng Lydia Li and KEIO's Mingyang Xu, is featured on CNET, a global technology-based media outlet with 24 million monthly visitors online. Our work was covered by senior producer Jesse Orrall, who described our soft robot as 'enabling safer human-robot interaction through a soft, pliable form.' @ CNET.

MIT Technology Review China DeepTech: Who doesn't want a pet fish that can fly?

DeepTech: 2026

DeetTech, which is the Chinese version of MIT Technology Review, featured Floating Companion in its roundup of the latest technology around the world. Our design methodology and Best Paper award at DIS are covered, detailing how to design flying entities by centering on human needs of comfort, touch, and relationship. @ DeepTech.

IEEE Spectrum: This is the absolute best thing since Festo's AirPenguin

IEEE Spectrum: 2026

IEEE Spectrum is one of the world's leading engineerin magazine, published since 1964 with 500,000 readers world wide and 1 million visitors per month online. IEEE Spectrum covered our Best Paper award work at DIS in their friday video section, describing our work as as exploration of 'soft, lightweight robots that can gently float around people in indoor environments and invite playful, affectionate, and everyday interactions.' @ IEEE Spectrum.

Tetrahed Linkedin: Meet Cuddle-Fish, the floating robot designed to be your friendly companion

Tetrahed Linkedin: 2026

Tetrahed is a IT services and consulting company posting about technology and emergent communities on Linkedin, with over 82k followers. Our soft robot is decribed as 'Cuddle-Fish,' a soft floating robot that may 'become the future of home companionship.' @ Tetrahed Linkedin.

IG and X, with clankrmedia: Researchers built a soft floating robot for indoor interaction

Social Media incl @clankrmedia: 2026

X and Instagram posts have featured Floating Companion from our DIS 2026 work. We got 2 million plus views, 8K likes, 900 reposts and counting. An example is this feature from @clankrmedia, which described the DIS best paper award publication work as 'quite, lightweight, and safe to touch.' Other social media outlets featuring us includes @khaleejtimes, @futuretech, @_etnews, @ippu_news, @technewsinside, @rowancheung, @itsnicconley, @aiconversation, @xiaobai_lyi, @techy_ita, etc. @ clankrmedia.

Times Higher Education: Preserving cultural heritage in the digital age

Times Higher Education: 2026

Studio for Narrative Spaces presented our work at Global Sustainable Development Congress, serving as chair of the panel for presenting 'Preserving cultural heritage in the digital age' along with Dr. Shuo Sue Hua of HKU, Dr. Elke Reinhuber of CityUHK, and Tim Wong, ESG and sustainability hub lead at AECOM Hong Kong. Check out the discussion and coverage from Times Higher Education. @ Times Higher Education.

Media Decoded Podcast Episode 3: The Amygdala Trap

media decoded: 2026

RAY LC of Studio for Narrative Spaces was interviewed on the Media Decoded podcast, sharing his unique expertise in neuroscience and HCI in the area of social media mechanisms of attention and salience. Combining a PhD in neuroscience with state-of-the-art research on social media, CSCW, and human-computer interaction, Dr. LC communicated to the listening public what we need to know about how social media shapes human behavior. @ Media Decoded Podcast.

Mondrian Hotel Hong Kong: Nonhuman 3.0 Cyber Gravity

mondrian hotel: 2026

Studio for Narrative Spaces and Picture Rhythm Studios created a human-robot dance performance featuring Peggy Ho (Danzsoul), jointly held at the Mondrian Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong at the Cornershop Art Space. Created by Zoe Chan, Paul Shepherd, and RAY LC, the work engaged the general public of Tsim Sha Tsui to engage with the future of climate adaptation in Hong Kong, and publicized by the Mondrian Hotel network. @ Mondrian Hotel.

TedX Hong Kong: Nonhuman perspectives of climate change

tedx hong kong: 2026

In collaboration with Picture Rhythm Studios, Studio for Narrative Space's RAY LC contributed a human-robot dance performance with Zoe Chan, Paul Shepherd, and Peggy Danzsoul. As a TedX speaker, RAY spoke about how to engage the public about the future of climate change by showing us a perspective outside ourselves, a perspective that saves us from ourselves. @ TedX Hong Kong.

Bloomberg Businessweek: Between dreaming and waking

bloomberg businessweek: 2026

The wide readership of Bloomberg Businessweek got a taste of our work with a full feature by reporter Doris Yin. The article traces the origins of the dream that inspired the exhibition, describing the process of bringing the artists and concepts to life in Hong Kong Arts Centre. It explores the artistic process and research behind 'Cradle of Success,' a new AI fortune-telling-inspired work by Studio for Narrative Spaces about our evolving relationship with AI. Artistic director RAY LC and curator Star Liu are featured. @ Bloomberg Businessweek.

Art Tech Talks: Seeing the Future from a Nonhuman Perspective

art tech talks: 2026

Art Tech Talks covered our performance and exhibition at Mondrian Hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong with the article 'When Robotic Arms Begin to Contemplate Climate and Doomsday.' The work was show at the Corner Shop Art Space at Mondrian Hotel, 8 Aug to 2 Sep 2026. @ Art Tech Talks.

Tokyo Art Beat: AI520 Emotional Resonance

tokyo art beat: 2026

Tokyo Art Beat covered our exhibition with LINK at ArtGen Gallery in Shinagawa, Tokyo Japan, 26-30 Aug 2026. Our work about dreams and intimate connection, 'REVIVER,' was shown alongside works about love, loneliness, and intimacy, curated by Yuran Lin. The work was also covered in outlets like Kanagawa Shimbun newspaper and Nihon Daily. @ Tokyo Art Beat.

Culture Plus Asia: Dreamscapes is a must-see for anyone interested in contemporary art and digital culture

culture plus: 2026

A feature of our Dreamscapes exhibition work at Hong Kong Arts Centre, providing highlights regarding dream photography by Nicolas Leconte, cross-disciplinary influences by Kazy Chan, interactive VR experiences for stepping inside the dream algorithm, and a live performance of our 'Reviver.' @ Culture Plus Asia.

Orange News: How do dreams and artificial intelligence meet?

orange: 2026

Coverage of Studio for Narrative Space's Dreamscapes project exhibited at the Hong Kong Arts Centre using multiple media to interpret the space of dreams, featuring coverage of works by Kazy Chan, Wu Cong, Evie Chan, and our own Studio for Narrative Spaces. Motion-capture dance performance of 'Reviver' is described for the opening. @ Orange News Hong Kong.

Ming Pao News: Exhibition on seeing climate change from non-human perspective

ming pao: 2025

Widely circulated Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao covered our participatory engagement on imagining climate futures from non-human perspectives work with BaptistU, PolyU, and APA shown at Taikwun in March 2025. Participating artist Jerry Ng describes his connection to climate change and the working process for the show. He is featured along with creative director RAY LC and curator Star Liu. @ Ming Pao.

RTHK Radio: Climate change program on nonhuman perspectives on climate futures

rthk: 2025

Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK Radio FM926 interviewed RAY LC along with participant artists Jerry Ng, and Sunessa Chow in our Nonhumotion performative exhibition at Taikwun. We explored nonhuman perspectives on climate change, how artists tell stories about design futures, and how imaginations and narratives play a role in empowering climate action behavior. Hosted by Tony Hu. @ RTHK Radio

FYG Youth Magazine: Future Tense technology as reflection of our desires.

fyg: 2025

In 'The New Career Playbook' issue of FYG Youth Magazine, Future Tense exhibition was covered in conjunction with its role in developing future thinking in Hong Kong. Producer and curator Xiaoke Zeng and Star Liu gave details of the cultural heritage technology-based artistic exhibition to a primarily youth-based magazine audience in Hong Kong, narrating technology used as a reflection of our own capabilities. @ FYG Magazine

GZTV Guangzhou Broadcasting Network: A journey for the intangible

gztv: 2025

Guangzhou Broadcasting Network's GZTV covered our Future Tense exhibition at Hong Kong Arts Centre as part of their Greater Bay Area Lifestyle segment. Interviews by Karen To and Evonne Xiao with RAY LC and Xiaoke Zeng dwelled into the process of preserving intangible human expressions and imaginations for the future, and what our cultural heritage of today means for the changing customs and priorities of a far off future, describing each work by participating artists as contributing to the discourse. @ GZTV

South China Morning Post Magazine: Inhwa Yeom telling stories at Future Tense HKAC

scmp: 2025

Aaina Bhargava of South China Morning Post Post Mag in Hong Kong wrote a story about Inhwa Yeom and her participation in our Future Tense exhibition at Hong Kong Arts Centre 1-15 March 2025. Participating artist and Korean VH Award winner Inhwa Yeom describes her practice in speculative design and Generative AI, and how she expresses these idea in our show in working with Studio for Narrative Spaces and creative director RAY LC and curator Star Liu. @ SCMP PostMag.

ETNET: Immersive Exhibition Dreamscapes

etnet: 2026

Local arts and events website Etnet featured our work in its exhibitions and art and culture sections, calling the work 'a global roster of contemporary artists who transform this insight into collective narrative,' moving 'beyond the personal to illuminate the communal dreamscapes that connect us all.' @ Etnet.

Galleries Gal: Dreamscapes at Pao Galleries

galleries gal: 2026

Well circulated Hong Kong arts events site Galleries Gal featured Studio for Narrative Space's exhibition Dreamscapes at Pao Galleries on its calendar, describing the immersive exhibition as an exploration of 'the dream as one of humanity's oldest and most profound sources of creativity, insight, and unconscious vision.' @ Galleries Gal.

Art Tech Talks: From non human perspectives to explore a future of climate change

art tech talks: 2025

Art Tech Talks covered our movement and action based intervention and exhibition at Taikwun for enabling visitors to imagine and act in a future of climate change, taking the perspective of nonhuman entities in the participatory storytelling. @ Art Tech Talks.

Art Tech Talks: Using VR and exhibition to explore a future form of cultural heritage

art tech talks: 2025

Art Tech Talks described our multimedia work with Paul Shepherd, Zoe Chan, Inhwa Yeom, Cyan d'Anjou, Pat Wingshan Wong, Kachi Chan, and Meta Objects as part of an exhibition examining the role of technology in imagining futures of cultural heritage. @ Art Tech Talks.

Ming Sheng Bao Newspaper Canada: Feeling compassion for the world through nonhuman artistic practice

ming sheng bao: 2025

Ming Sheng Bao Chinese newspaper in Canada featured the Nonhumotion exhibition work on its website as a way of acting out the nonhuman in artistic engagement for examining the future of climate change. Widely circulated in Vancouver and Toronto, the news outlet covered the four-university collaboration as part of Art Month innovation in Hong Kong. @ Ming Sheng Bao.

Culture Plus Asia: Future Tense Hong Kong on art month

culture plus: 2025

Visual description of our exhibition work at Hong Kong Arts Centre written for arts audiences of Art March (Art Basel and Art Central) in Hong Kong, as well as a resource for general public visitors to Hong Kong, aiming to 'show audiences the often-overlooked intangible aspects of our cultural heritage.' @ Culture Plus Asia.

Orange News: How do we preserve cultural heritage for the future?

orange: 2025

Introduction to Studio for Narrative Space's Future Tense project exhibited at the Hong Kong Arts Centre about how social change, climate change, and urban development may shape the future, featuring international artists Inhwa Yeom, Cyan d'Anjou, Forseen Property, Picture Rhythm Studios, and Studio for Narrative Spaces. @ Orange News Hong Kong.

Archiving in the Future: Interview with National Asian Culture Center Gwangju

acc: 2024

Interview about the ideation, conception, and development of 'Archive For / In the Future,' a work about the way we can preserve for the future through the lense of a digital space created from our technologies of today. Video shows the process behind the work as well as curator Daehyung Lee's overview of what this work means for the future of art technology. @ National Asian Culture Center Gwangju.

Journal of Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups editorial: Empowered to Create

hkfyp: 2024

Invited editorial perspective piece in the Hong Kong FYP magazine article on how GenAI is changing the way artists and students are expressing their creativity: 'Empowered to Create: How Generative AI is Transforming Artists' Workflow.' @ Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.

Dance Meets AI: ARTsOUT podcast season2 ep30 with Lingzi

apple podcast: 2023

Interview with popular arts and media arts podcast run by Lingzi. Described teh paradigm shift of human-machine co-creation, including work on dancing with AI and robots in such works as Dances with Drones CHI and Contradictions Pushes Me to Improvise CSCW works. Also illuminated on HCI and art-based practice and how to switch and blend perspectives in science and art. @ ARTsOUT Podcast.

Our Stories with Technology: Let's Talk Robotics podcast ep114 with Nicci Rossouw

apple podcast: 2024

Talking with the pre-eminent robotics podcast with Nicci Rossouw. Topics included art and science perspectives, identity in human-robot interactions, neuro-psychological perspecdtives in HRI research, supporting creativity with AI and robotics, academia and media arts interdisciplinary careers, and working with students. @ Let's Talk Robotics Podcast.

Let's Talk HCI: Interview with Duke Kunshan University

duke: 2022

Speaking with HCI lab of Duke Kunshan University's Dr. Xin Tong and Alice He on interdisciplinary practices in human-machine-social interactions and artistic workflows. Conversation includes HCI in China and US, grad education in HCI, and interdisciplinary inspirations in HCI: 'Let's Talk HCI | Dr. RAY LC.' @ Duke.

Interview with Kone Foundation on art/science collab

kone foundation: 2022

Interview with Saari Residence and Kone Foundation as grant recipient, about neuroscience and HRI and how they merge with artistic practices in participatory collaborative work: 'Residiency Artist and Researcher in Media and Video Art: RAY LC.' @ Kone Foundation.

New books on climate change, machine learning poetry

floating projects press: 2021

Coverage of two new books launched on poetry generated collaboratively by human and machine, and on climate action comics for narrative influence, 'RAY LC collecting, compiling and variations, 2 new creative monographs,' @ floating projects press, with Zijing Song, Linda Lai.

Second organ: fashion for sensing plant breathing

tsinghua: 2021

Coverage of winning first prize at Tsinghua-Politecnico Milano Future Fashion Design contest by mentee Aria Bao, for design of dress for entangled co-habitation with breathing of plants: 'China-Italy Youth Future Fashion Design Contest Winners,' @ Tsinghua, with Aria Bao, Xin Tong.

VR tech for social anxiety patients

the scope: 2020

Coverage by Boston's The Scope on using reinforcement-based strategies to treat social anxiety with psychiatrist Stefan Hofmann: 'VR technology used to improve access to mental health treatment,' @ The Scope, with Sai Teja Konda, Rudra Triveda, Ruth Hunger, Stefan Hofmann.

Refugee film showing at NYC Short Documentary Film Fest

NYCSDFF: 2020

Interview with Northeastern University about making a documentary on refugees of Rohingy and showing the work in Pakistan and at NYSDFF: 'Film by Professor RAY LC, SHAMIMA: Memory In My Heart, Showing at NYC Short Documentary Film Festival,' @ NYCSDFF, with Fabeha Monir.

Art, technology, and the poetic moment

ofcourse: 2020

Interview with ofcourse.io about transitioning to art and technology from a neuroscience career, working with vulnerable populations for social good, and designing for poetic moments using by building worlds, 'Interview with RAY LC,' @ ofcourse.io, with Luoying Lin.

Empowering refugee VR narratives at Ars Electronica

ars electronica: 2019

Interview with Northeastern University about showing an immersive work about refugee empowerment: 'At Ars Electronica, Faculty Member Ray LC Presents New Project Addressing the Rohingya Refugee Experience through Unique, Immersive Approach,' @ Ars Electronica, with Fabeha Monir.

Artists of I-House

i-house nyc: 2019

Interview with International House New York about teaching dance to international students, performing at fall fiesta at Davis Hall, serving as a resident trustee, curating Technology and Social Good Exhibit, and helping to empower refugee storytelling with the Davis Peace Foundation: 'Artist of I-House: RAY LC,' @ I-House NYC.

360 filmmaking for social action

NeON: 2019

Interview with Northeastern University about working with social groups and vulnerable populations as part of a workshop at NeON Digital Art Festival: 'Artist and Professor RAY LC, Department of Art + Design, Uses 360 Filmmaking for Social Action,' @ NeON, with Fabeha Monir.

Designing for a billion at Gandhinagar India

Ahmedabad Mirror: 2018

Coverage by The Ahmedabad Mirror on design for water use of hand-cranked washing machine: 'Designing A Better Life: US Students Attend IIT-Gandhinagar, Find Solutions To Problems Rural India Facing,' @ Ahmedabad Mirror, with Yujie Jiang, Wenchi Huang, Echo Jiang, Srishti Johari.

Gesturize fashion tech at Loomia Creator Lab

Loomia: 2018

Interview with Loomia Creator Lab on inspirations in wearable technologies and creating haptics-based electronic layers for wearable environmental interactions: 'Meet Loomia Creator RAY LC,' @ Loomia, with Sandy Hsieh, Ezgi Ucar, Madison Maxey.

Using AI and VR to treat speech anxiety

Adobe: 2018

Work with the VR startup VRbal to treat speech anxiety for stutterers using machine-learning powered immersive practice: 'Semifinalist in social impact for app and game design', @ Adobe Awards, with Yuka Fukuoka, Olivia Cabello, Chanel Luu, Jullia Lim.

Fashion tech for the elderly and immobile

Vice: 2018

Work with Open Style Lab on designing accessible fashion for the elderly and physically challenged: 'These Students Designed Functional and Stylish Clothes for Disabled Seniors,' @ vice.com, with Michael Tranquili, Alyssa Wardrop, Grace Jun.

Unlocking dopamine's role in PTSD

RIKEN: 2018

Breakthrough in understanding the reward system's role in helping to recover from traumatic memories: 'Freedom from fear: dopamine's role in unlearning fearful associations,' @ riken.jp, with Akira Uematsu, Adam Weitemier, Luca Aquili, Jenny Koivumaa, Tom McHugh, Josh Johansen.