Maker Faire Hudson Valley 2023
HugMatch
Home: New Jersey, United States
HugMatch provides early childhood education content and multi-sensory experiences through mobile apps and interactive toys to help them explore the world around them while feeling connected and having fun.
http://hugmatch.net/
Makers
Chloe Koo
Chloe Koo is an Interaction Designer who is based in New Yor. As a designer, she desires to design things that are emotionally rich and grounded in meaning. She loves to devise new designs that involve both new technologies and innovations.
Gabriel Lee
Gabriel’s role at HugMatch is to build investor relations and manage all external communications as the head of Public Affairs. His greatest desire is to see HugMatch touch the lives of children worldwide and change perceptions on the words ‘disability’ and ‘handicap.’ To him, these words mean brilliant, special, and unique.
What Inspired You to Make This?
I grew up around an uncle who has a disability and have also volunteered to help disabled people throughout my life. My interactions with my uncle and others who I met while volunteering inspired me to create a project that could benefit them. When it came time to work on my thesis at the Parsons School of Design, I knew that I wanted to create an interactive product with both a hardware and software component that improved the lives of individuals living with disabilities.
