"In a project called Faraway, designers at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy looked at long-distance communication between loved ones who are physically distant, but emotionally close. The idea was to increase the sense of presence of a loved person across distance - but indirectly. The team explored what happens when gesture, expressions, heartbeat, breathing, and alpha and beta rhythm information are incorporated into long-distance communication via objects that pulse, glow, and murmur. The Faraway team used heat to help participants experience the warmth in one application, DistantOne: A sender activates a "bean" by touch that heats up and sends a signal to another bean, held by another person located at a distance, which also heats up. Another application, Heart, allows someone to share his or her heartbeat with another in a similar fashion."
--excerpt from "In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World" by John Thackara.
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