HEARTBEAT BOX
How to give a sign of life to a friend? Of course with your heartbeat! Within a technical course, these boxes were created to record, send and play the human pulse via internet. Set as a quick prototype, it was an enriching experience to concentrate on the technical part of developing a simple and quick idea.
RECORD
your Heartbeat and send it to a friend.
FEEL
the recorded Heartbeat!
1 HEARTBEAT SENSOR
captures the user’s heart beat and turns it into an electric signal which goes into the Arduino
2 PHOTOCELL
verifies through changes in captured light whether or not a finger is present for heart beat sensing
3 LED
mirrors heart beat as a form of user feedback
4 PUSH BUTTON
at the pulse of the button, the capturing of a 10 seconds heart beat message begins
5 VIBRATION AREA
a vibration motor attached under the top lid vibrates as a form of reproduction of the heart beat message. The whole area becomes a sensitive panel for this haptic feedback.
6 LED:
as a form of status feedback the LED lights up when a message is incoming and when it is being played.
7 PUSH BUTTON
at the pulse of the button, the received 10 seconds heart beat message begins playback.
HEARTBEAT BOX
