Peepers
and Seepers
internet connectors
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Context
The mobile self
things that people carry to help them connect/disconnect
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Problem Setting
Internet = Abundance
Data Connections
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Problem Setting
Disconnection/ Overload Left Out
Overconnection
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Concept
Calm
simple, clear: doesn’t demand attention
Small Scale
fits in pocket/bag: personal, intimate object
1 to 1 Connection
makes connection meaningful
Personal
meaning from context, use, customization--not technology
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

System
ubiquitous
Peeper wireless
Peeps
Seeper
Death/
Disconnection
ubiquitous
wireless Remembered
Peeps
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
what form? what to measure?
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
research
Interview and worksheet
asked 11 participants (in their 20-30’s) to indentify subjects and place sensors
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
Obvious interview and worksheet insights
People worry about spying
putting sensors on people seems “wrong”
People want to spy
but, of course
People don’t consider sensors haikus
they ask for rich information--not light levels
People really, really like telepresence
but, of course
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
Resulting directions
Create value for a person being peeped
avoid spying issues giving observed person control
Find a clear behavior
gives peeped data meaning
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
Solution
Fidgeting
fun, fun, fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nYVFvIcVCE
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Peepers
Designs for fidgeting
Stick onto
existing devices
Notchy-knob
Snappy-switch
Clicky-button
Bendy-card Auto-misaligning aligner
Squeezy-ball
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

System
Update
ubiquitous
Peeper wireless
Peeps
Seeper
Death/
Disconnection
ubiquitous
wireless
+
Foreign Remembered
peepers in Peeps
vicinity
Delete?
Out of range Nicholas Wallen
foreign peepers Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Seepers
what form? how to communicate?
Messager/ Stored fidgets
Sex toy
Tapper
Fidget pet
aligning misaligns
another
Self-clicking button
Tele-misaligning aligner
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Some Relevant Projects
Ivrea
faraway project margot jacobs, laura polazzi, kristina andersen
primal interfaces livia sunesson:
biting, punching, heartbeats, heat
CuteCircuit / Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz
listening bells:
call bells to listen to a location
hug shirt:
remote hugs
the poetics of telepresence dunne and raby :
telepresence via smells, heat, etc.
objects for lonely men noam toran:
recreating generic interactions with a girlfriend
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update

Thank You!
Nicholas Wallen
Domus Academy MID 2009 / thesis: 04/11/09 update