Telepresence

People assume that I would feel lonely because I am not with my family or I am not at home. So, I thought I am lonely. But what is loneliness? I have realized that not being with my family doesn’t really make me feel lonely. I think the emotions are too relative to define like that.

Same thing with present, it is a very relative concept. How are you going to decide when the present is? now? no. right now? no…it’s already passed. Some people might say today, this week, 2008, or 21c. You might find the peaceful space if you ignore the things happening around you which were probably related to your relationships(not only romantic relationships but also family or friends or maybe your thoughts). But how long are you going to stay in that so called “peaceful space”? For me, ‘Focus on your presence! Enjoy your life right now!” is something that I would say to my miserable friend when I don’t have any brilliant solutions for her/him. What Buddhism has for people is ‘finding the peace inside you’, not ‘forget about past or future’. So, smart people have made the way of finding inner peace turns into very easy things to do, which is ‘PRESENT’.

Why people make the distance from something that they feel comfortable? Why do people leave somewhere they are going to miss? I think it’s all about the dream or maybe hope. Most humans have their dreams and priorities of the things that they have to do for their lives. And those things might make them lonely, bored, frustrated and exhausted but they think those are worth. What people like us have to do is making somethings which reduce stress and loneliness for those people who are trying hard for their dreams even though that is working for short period of time. It’s like the hand-writing letter. When you get those letters from your loved ones although the letter itself doesn’t really have the important messages in it, you can feel their love from the paper. The time they spent..the thoughts they put into it…

I would like to make some kind of lightings which my friends or family can turn on in Korea. When they push the button for a few seconds, the lamp which is in NY will be lit up. I think it would be much more lovely to see than the emails. Who knows..it might be on all the time.

Jain Koo

Do you have your loved one away? Are you bored of his business trips? Are you most often sleeping alone in your king size bed?

PillowSolus is your companion in your bed, giving you the real time presence of your partner right next to you! The pillow, which your loved one uses when he/she is away, transmits the owners head position to the pillow next to you, which shapes itself as if your partner is sleeping right next to you! You will see his/her sleeping, waking up, turns in the bed, stress, and maybe even sweat! (Simply, one pillow is transmitting the position of the head, and the other is taking the shape as if it has the head in the same position)

Sinan