Independent work
Khi-Khi: Emotion sharing beyond close proximity
PrototypeProduct thinking
A message can tell a friend that something made you laugh. It does not share much of the physical feeling. Khi-Khi explored whether a small wearable could carry a bit of that joy across distance: one person laughs and the other feels a tickle. The product question was whether staying connected could include a playful physical signal, rather than always asking people to stop and type.
What I built
A wearable system which lets you share the most intricate of emotions-joy by sharing it with your friends in real time.
A wearable module detects you laughing via a combination of hearbeat, sound and motion sensors and triggers the other module to tickle your friend in a totally different geographical location.