Nicole He’s
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Hello! My name is 
I’m currently directing The Crush House , an upcoming game with Nerial, published by Devolver Digital.
I’m also working on an experimental game produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
In the past, I’ve worked as a creative technologist at Google Creative Lab, and an outreach lead at Kickstarter. I am also an adjunct faculty member at ITP at NYU, which is where I received my Master’s degree.
Beyond doing computer stuff,
I enjoy cooking, powerlifting, and recently, streaming on Twitch.
Contact
I am generally available for speaking events, so feel free to reach out for that, or if you just wanna say what’s up.︎︎︎ email
︎︎︎ twitter
︎︎︎ instagram
︎︎︎ twitch
If you want to follow my work and get (very infrequent) updates on new projects and announcements, feel free to subscribe to my newsletter here or below:
Select Interviews
︎︎︎ Kill Screen (2020)︎︎︎ Believer Magazine (2019)
︎︎︎ ARTE Tracks (2019)
︎︎︎ WIRED (2018)
︎︎︎ Kotaku (2018)
︎︎︎ CBC Radio (2017)
Events
Past
Talk
November, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎ SPACE10 Sessions
Talk
May, 2020
The Internet
︎︎︎HarvardxDesign
Talk
February, 2020
Cambridge, MA
︎︎︎ORD Camp
January, 2020
Chicago, IL
︎︎︎Playtopia
Talk
December, 2019
Cape Town, South Africa ︎︎︎Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute at Concordia
Talk, Workshop
October, 2019
Montreal, Canada
︎︎︎Glitch Appy Hour @ XOXO 2019
Demo
September, 2019
Portland, OR
︎︎︎The Conference
Talk
August, 2019
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May, 2019
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎A MAZE.
Talk
April, 2019
Berlin, Germany
︎︎︎Game Developers Conference
Talk
March 2019
San Francisco, CA
︎︎︎Awwwards Conference
Talk
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Creative Coding Festival
Keynote
November 2018
New York, NY
︎︎︎Grace Hopper Celebration
Demo
September 2018
Houston, TX
︎︎︎XOXO
Talk
September 2018
Portland, OR
︎︎︎Artworld Videogames
Exhibition
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎ACMI Masterclass: Artworld Videogames
Talk
August 2018
Melbourne, Australia
︎︎︎Google I/O
Demo
May 2018
Mountain View, CA
︎︎︎True/False Film Festival
Talk
March 2018
Columbia, MO
︎︎︎Interrupt Conference at Brown University
Talk
April 2017
Providence, RI︎︎︎WordHack
Talk
January 2017
New York, New York
︎︎︎The Conference
Exhibition
August 2016
Malmö, Sweden
︎︎︎FACETS
Panel
May 2016
New York, New York
Etc
︎︎︎ Collaborators, friends, people I admire who make cool stuff ︎︎︎ Hello, Computer: Unconventional Uses of Voice Technology 2020 syllabus ︎︎︎ My student blog from grad school
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Soylent Dick
About
Soylent Dick is a phallus made out of Soylent that ejaculates Soylent when you type self-validating praise for Soylent into the browser. Soylent Dick was erected by Nicole He, Katherine Pan, and Chino Kim during the Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon on February 6th, 2016. You can see a video of the live demo here.
Nicole tastes the Soylent
Katherine tastes the Soylent
Chino receives the Soylent
Why
We are fascinated by Soylent and the culture that surrounds it. Soylent is a meal replacement beverage that was invented in 2013 by a software engineer who “resented the time, money, and effort the purchase, preparation, consumption, and clean-up” of food required. Since then, Soylent has grown in both fans and controversy, both for the product itself as well as for the brand’s techno-utopian rhetoric.
Though the company is now trying to reach broader audiences, Soylent was first created by an engineer for other engineers. What does it mean for Soylent to be adopted primarily by coders to save time, when the engineering field is still predominantly male? What does it mean for people who can afford to eat well to choose to reject food?
How
Soylent Dick was built with wire mesh, aluminum and rubber tubes, bendable straws, Arduino, Node, Javascript, a small water pump, and two bags of Soylent 1.5.
To build the skeleton of the phallus, we made a hollow wire mesh frame and ran an aluminum tube through it. We made Soylent “flesh” by adapting a homemade play-doh recipe, and molded it around the frame. As a finishing touch, we dusted it with Soylent powder to keep it from sticking to surfaces. Via an assortment of rubber tubing and plastic straws, we connected one end of the aluminum tube to the pump, which rested in a tub of liquid Soylent.
The mantras the user has to type in the browser to trigger the ejaculation are all from the release notes that came with orders of Soylent 1.5.
We used Node to run a server that allowed for serial communication between the browser and Arduino. On Github, you can find the code for the project, as well as the recipe for Soylent Flesh.
If you'd like to contact us about Soylent Dick, you can email us at soylentdick@gmail.com.