Augmented talisman
Hi all, I'm David I'm a student,
I'm currently thinking on a project related to the connection between parents and child. I'm creating a device who use the metaphore of a modern charm, amulet, talisman.
This device can be given to a kid (approx from 3 or 4 years old) when he/she starts to being distant from the parents (example: in the nursery school).
The device control the emotive and health state of the kid by monitoring the heart activity and the stress, including while they sleep.
Each emotion causes a detectable physical response in the body:
* Fear is felt as a heightened heartbeat, increased flinch response, and increased muscle tension.
* Anger, based on sensation, seems indistinguishable from fear.
* Sadness is often experienced as a feeling of tightness in the throat and eyes, and relaxation in the arms and legs.
* Shame can be felt as heat in the upper chest and face.
If the child has suddenly big emotionals pick the "charme" will send a signal to the mother/father via wireless.
The idea is to increase the alredy innate parent's (seems more of the mother) 6th sense on their offsprings with a concrete digital 7th sense.
The shape of the device could be as simple as the image of two pendants, one for the kid (monitor) and one for the mother (receiver); without the invasive image of sensors or alarms etc.
I would like to keep the same misticism of a charm joined with an added concrete technological feature, a hidden secret.
Since I read discussions on the mobile phone for child, the right or not to monitore them, I was really interested in your comments and I believe you are the right group to comment on my idea;
that's why this could be the technology You love to hate...
thanks for your attention,
David Artuffo, (Italy)
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