SweetHeart Broach
Jane Oh
Appreciate the time you share.

http://itp.nyu.edu/~jo595/wearables

The concept behind "SweetHeart Broach" is to appreciate the value of time being shared among people. I wanted to analyze human relationships using wearable technology to convey meaningful personal expression through technology.

The broaches will be shared among friends, couples, or any other meaningful relationship. The broaches will represent the wearers. As each broach encounters another, it will give off light and pulsing movement to express its excitement. The light will deliver the feeling to each other while the subtle vibration will make the wearers themselves realize their emotion with actual existence. Then, as the broaches get apart move further away, the light of the broaches will grow brighter over time. This will show that the wearers’ hearts have grown toward each other, just like the saying "absence makes the heart grows fonder".