March 21, 2005
2 by Mark Argo
Feeling Connected
hugms is a device designed for sending someone you care about a hug using your mobile phone. Once hugms is connected to your mobile phone all you have to do is send it the phone number of the person you'd like to hug and then squeeze. sensors inside the device read how long and how hard you have squeezed and will format a text message based on your hug.
hugms is a mobject project by Mark Argo. He is developing several devices that will treat the mobile phone purely as a modem/radio, something that gets us connected.
.dot.dot.dot is a wearable display that connects to your mobile phone and is triggered by your communication.
By designing different animations for your closest relationships (best friends, parents, boy/girlfriends) and saving them on .dot.dot.dot you can express to the people around you who you're talking to. if it's your girlfriend, design an animation for a beating heart. when she calls or texts you, .dot.dot.dot will light up with your animation. [via pasta and vinegar]
Posted by jo at March 21, 2005 10:51 AM
