Demo Hour

InTouch

Stay in touch with InTouch! Each of the four sections of the wooden box covered with elastic Lycra represents a communication link with a friend. An individual can express her consideration for a friend by pressing a link. When pressed, its color changes from blue to red, while raising the temperature of the corresponding link on the friend's device. The temperature of each link is controlled by a thermoelectric cooler (TEC), turning hot or cold based on the input electrical current. Because the color and temperature of links are independent of each other, the device allows for strange crossings of perception. Can you imagine a red link feeling cold? So conflicting, isn't it?

Project website: http://www.spatialmedia.org/tid/intxjuch.html

Hsin-Liu Kao
National Taiwan University | [email protected]

Tsen-Ying Lin
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | [email protected]

Kuang-Shih Huang
National Taiwan University | [email protected]

Li-Erh Chang
National Taiwan University | [email protected]

Rung-Huei Liang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology | [email protected]