Pillow Talk, Interactive Media Design Final Year Project 2010

Pillow Talk by Joanna Montgomery

Degree project for Interactive Media Design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee.

Pillow Talk is a project aiming to connect long distance lovers. Each person has a pillow for their bed and a chest sensor which they wear to sleep at night. The chest sensor wirelessly communicates with the other persons pillow; when one person goes to bed, their lovers pillow begins to glow softly to indicate their presence. Placing your head on the pillow allows you to hear the real-time heartbeat of your loved one.

The result is an intimate interaction between two lovers, regardless of the distance between them.

The project is built using a transceiver from a Polar exercise watch, built into a circuit which runs via an Arduino board. The pillows have a flat panel containing the circuit, small speakers and lights, which can slot into any pillow.

www.joannamontgomery.com

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[faletto1]

Where's the list to put my name in for one?! I've wanted one of these for so long!!!

[DuncanOfJordanstone]

@faletto1 Hi, you can join their mailing list at littleriot.co.uk

[JimmyJocksAye]

good idea



[FunsizeYoshi14]

Wow :')

[kissablyfreshbreath]

i want one a pair of these so badly

[vitorgaray]

wtf

[thegurrl112]

awesome

[emmaline7290]

I love this and am dying for one! x

[monvirgo]

cute