Gallery: Using the Internet of Things to Create Cute Long-Distance Interactions
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Israeli design student Daniel Sher's recent project maps the Internet of Things with a collection of designs called *Saying Things That Can't Be Said*.
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The goal was not to recreate exact physical sensations, but capture the essence of emotions in abstract, interactive objects.
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*Sending a Kiss* consists of paper specimens that live inside glass chambers and when one is blown on, the other, in the shape of a butterfly, flutters.
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*I'm With You*, looks like an origami pine cone and acts like a walkie-talkie for heartbeats, recording then transmitting heartbeats between the two units.
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The series was inspired by a story about a family caring for a sick child, abstracted, and brought to the internet of things.
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An unnamed project summons a flurry of soap bubbles from a wall-mounted dispenser in one location when a distant loved one blows on a pinwheel in another.
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The objects are built on the Arduino platform and the exposed wires and sensors help telegraph their interactivity.
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The material and fabrication choices---silk paper folded like origami, glass, dark walnut, and silver---make were meant to make the collection feel human and timeless.
