The ever-increasing presence and intimacy of technology in our homes and offices, have lead me to explore the relationship not only between man and machine, but to extend the intimate experience between man and man with the possibility of enhancing this social interaction with audio and visual aspects originating from a very intimate space: the human heart.
Steth0-phone is a DIY device for bio- and social dialogue, it is embedded with pulse oximeter and 12 other features that enable its computational system to translate biometric id of users into pulsating light and sound. Two to four phones are set in Heart Lounge, a cybernetics installation in laid-back 60’s living style with interactive wallpapers and acoustic heart mix ambiences generated in real-time from the users’ name, age, weight, height and heart data. Each heart becomes sn interface between mindbody, biotechnology and public engagement claiming the human heart as a medium for social interaction.
Converted from a commercial 12-button retro phone, stetho-phone becomes a biofeedback tool. The original system of the phone is replaced with a microcontroller and basic DIY electronic devices. Partly controlled by computational and human heart systems, the stetho-phone breaks down human body boundaries by enabling the user’s heart to connect with technology and others present in the installation.
STETHO-PHONE IS
The ever-increasing presence and intimacy of technology in our homes and offices, have lead me to explore the relationship not only between man and machine, but to extend the intimate experience between man and man with the possibility of enhancing this social interaction with audio and visual aspects originating from a very intimate space: the human heart.
Steth0-phone is a DIY device for bio- and social dialogue, it is embedded with pulse oximeter and 12 other features that enable its computational system to translate biometric id of users into pulsating light and sound. Two to four phones are set in Heart Lounge, a cybernetics installation in laid-back 60’s living style with interactive wallpapers and acoustic heart mix ambiences generated in real-time from the users’ name, age, weight, height and heart data. Each heart becomes sn interface between mindbody, biotechnology and public engagement claiming the human heart as a medium for social interaction.
Converted from a commercial 12-button retro phone, stetho-phone becomes a biofeedback tool. The original system of the phone is replaced with a microcontroller and basic DIY electronic devices. Partly controlled by computational and human heart systems, the stetho-phone breaks down human body boundaries by enabling the user’s heart to connect with technology and others present in the installation.