Arduino: Touch Communication

Touch Communication.

Here I created a long distance communication device using two Arduinos, Pachube.com, and Processing. The details of the project have been posted on my website (sarahvance.net) and the Instructables link below.



http://www.instructables.com/id/Touch-Communication/

Instructables intro:

At first, my idea was to allow communication between my necklace and my boyfriend's. Squeezing either pendent would cause the other to vibrate. I wanted to create a means of instant communication over long distances. This desire started when my boyfriend studied abroad in Argentina for four months last year. Now, when he goes to China next month and I won't be able to communicate with him as readily, I want to create something that will bridge that gap. I wanted a small means of saying "I'm here."

While rigging necklaces to achieve this was not very possible, I decided to accomplish the same goal by having two boxes, plugged into a computer by a USB cable, going through Pachube.com, and responding by button pushes. Press one button on the first box and half of the LED lights will light up to illuminate the first half of the symbol (a symbol my boyfriend would send me when he was abroad in Argentina). The rest of the lights will light up when the second person holds down their button (as long as the first person is still holding on to their box.

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• Arduino
• touch communication
• processing
• distance
• love
• diy
• pachube.com