Butlr in the News:
Fast Company - These sensors know when your office is underutilized—and when your grandma takes a fall
TechCrunch - Butlr lands new cash to put people-detecting sensors in the office
TechCrunch - Butlr Technologies, developing anonymous people sensors, inks $7.9M seed round
Forbes - Forbes Lists 2022 30 Under 30 - Manufacturing & Industry - Butlr
World Economic Forum - This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19
MIT Technology Review China 麻省理工科技评论中国 - Low-pixel thermal sensor system to analyze human behavior in architectural spaces while preserving user privacy
TechCrunch - This startup reworked its privacy-friendly sensors to help battle COVID-19
Tech Brew - Is better tech the answer to getting people back in offices?
The Times - Twelve self-building trends to inspire you in 2022
Frame Magazine - Why Smart(er) Buildings Will Need More Communicative Interiors
Buildings.com - Butlr raises $5 million for hybrid work, senior care occupancy sensing proptech
Mcknights Senior Living - Sensor system, enhanced by AI, now predicts falls, analyzes use of spaces better
Illusory Material in the News
( Principal Inventors: Jiani Zeng, Honghao Deng )
Time, FastCompany, 3Dprint.com, Core77, Dezeen, Domus, Dexigner, Financial Times
Honghao’s Other Projects:
ABOUT
Honghao Deng (zh:邓鸿浩) is an award-winning innovator and computational designer creating the field of responsive context-aware buildings with the integration of IoT and AI. He holds a Master of Design Technology with Distinction from Harvard GSD. He formerly was a researcher at City Science Group, MIT Media Lab. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Butlr. Under his leadership, Butlr is recognized as a 2022 Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum.
Honghao has won multiple awards in the field of smart city and building technology, including Architizer A+ Award in Smart Building Technology, Time Magazine 100 Best Inventions, Red Dot Best of Best, Core77 Award, Gold and Platinum A' Design Award, iF Design Award, Fast Compay Innovation by Design, World-Changing Ideas, and 1st Prize Future Cities Contest. His research has been published on UIST, SIGGRAPH, CHI, TEI, DIS, and ISWC. His works have been covered by the Financial Times, TechCrunch, World Economic Forum, MIT Technology Review, Domus, CCTV, Wallpaper, the National, and the Times. He is recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List 2022.
Experience and Education
2018-Now: Butlr, CEO & Cofounder
2017-2018: Airbnb, UX Research Scientist
2015-2017: MIT Media Lab, Researcher, City Science Group
Master's Degree: Harvard University, Design Technology (Computational Design)
Graduated with DistinctionBachelor’s Degree: Tianjin University, Architecture
Undergraduate theses completed at MIT
Selected AWARDS
Inc Magazine Best in Business, Winner, AI & Data, 2023
Forbes 30 Under 30, 2022
The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 - Time Magazine
Architizer A+ Award - Winner, Smart Building Technology Category 2020
Fast Company Innovation by Design - Winner 2020
AACYF American Chinese Top 30 Under 30
Red Dot Best of the Best 2020
Core77 Built Environment Award - Winner 2019
Fast Company World Changing Ideas - Finalist 2019
iF Design Award 2018
Future Cities Contest - Cities for a Flying World - 1st Prize 2017
Gold A' Design Award - Lighting Projects Design 2017
Silver A' Design Award - Furniture Design 2017
Tomorrow Workplace Competition by METROPOLIS - Honorable Mention 2016
3rd Asia Rookie Award in Architecture 建築新人戦 - 1st Place, China 2014
PUBLICATION
J Zeng*, H Deng*, Y Zhu*, M Wessely, A Kilian, S Mueller.
Lenticular Objects: 3D Printed Objects with Lenticular Lens Surfaces that Can Change their Appearance Depending on the Viewpoint. UIST’ 21H Deng*, J Li*, S Berolini, A. Sayegh, S Andreani: Twinkle: A Flying Lighting Companion for Urban Safety TEI' 18
H Deng, J Li, X Zhang, P Michalatos: Diffusive Geometries: Vapor as a Tectonic Element to Sculpt Microclimates in Architectural Space DIS' 19
H Deng*, J Li*, S Berolini, A. Sayegh, S Andreani: Twinkle: A Flying Lighting Companion for Urban Safety ISEA' 19
H Deng, J Li, X Zhang, P Michalatos: Diffusive Geometries: Vapor as a Tectonic Element to Sculpt Microclimates in Architectural Space ISEA' 19
J Li, H Deng, P Michalatos: Hypercept: Speculating the Visual World Intervened by Digital Media CHI' 19
J Li, H Deng, P Michalatos: Transvision: exploring the state of the visual field in the age of extreme augmentation ISWC' 19
J Li, H Deng, P Michalatos: Transvision: exploring the state of the visual field in the age of extreme augmentation SIGRAGH' 19
J Li*, H Deng*, P Michalatos: MagicTorch: A Context-aware Projection System for Asymmetrical VR Games CHI PLAY' 17
J Li, H Deng*, P Michalatos: CatEscape: An Asymmetrical Multiplatform Game Connecting Virtual, Augmented and Physical World CHI PLAY' 17
Deng, H., Li. H., Zhang. L & Wang, L.: Application of Planar Function Parameters in GAAD - Creating Minimal Surface Form by Plane Sketch Input, DADA Digital Factory International Conference Proceedings 2015, pp380-387 2015.7
tALKS & JUDGING
Forbes 30 Under 30 North America 2024 Jury for Manufacturing and Industry Category
Design Shanghai 2021 - 3D Printing adds 4th And 5th Dimensions
The Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, UC Berkeley - Design Field Notes
Imperial College London - Design, Develop, Deploy
AR in Action - Diffusive Geometries: Weather Augmentation in Architecture | ARIA 2019