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A project log for SHE BON

! a platform for sensing and indicating human arousal !

sarah-petkusSarah Petkus 07/17/2018 at 22:031 Comment

This week, the "Human-Computer Interface" category for the HackaDay Prize popped wide open. 

I've followed this contest from the sidelines since the beginning, so I'm very excited to announce that I'll be participating this year............. by entering none-other than the SHE BON project as an open source offering! 

If you aren't familiar with the project scope, "SHE BON" is a wearable platform for sensing and indicating the user's level of arousal with mechatronic body augments.

How might we use our body data to communicate what would otherwise go unnoticed? Can the technology we create help us express ourselves in new ways, adding another layer of texture to our daily lives?

On the technical side...

Basically, think of SHE BON as an exo(tic)-skeleton that functions to track what your body is feeling, and indicate that information visually by means of electronic and mechanical devices! It's a suit of amour!

On the conceptual side...

My goal in working on this project publicly is two-fold...

The augments I am creating this summer are personalized for me. They are manifestations of my own flavor of self expression. I challenge you to create some of your own that communicate something about you.

I'll be working on the primary platform through Fall, and I hope to create something that will serve this cause, should anyone decide to embark on this adventure of self exploration and next-level communication along with me. 

Lets Trans-human together! ::channels inner Barbarella:: 

Discussions

AVR wrote 07/18/2018 at 12:59 point

Rock on! Happy to see you competing this year, I had a feeling you were going to enter this into the HCI challenge, looking forward to your future developments!

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