Red Thread (of Fate)

A concept deck for the Euphrosyne application Red Thread (of Fate).
Euphrosyne is a portable device for Emotion sensing via Neurophysiological Signal Processing.
For more informations on the names check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_string_of_fate
http://www.theoi.com/Ouranios/KharisEuphrosyne.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furinkazan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ens%C5%8D

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1. Red Thread (of Fate) Emotion sharing between distant people Michele Bianchi
2. Distance in Love = Stress POV = Couples in love + Feel close when distant + Even “bad” emotions could be important
3. But first, an heartwarming story
4. The Loving UI
5. Cool Stuff
6. We didn't do it for the LULZ • The daily breakdown is useful to understand the general emotional state of the other. This, along with the songs, could be useful to help standard communications (e.g. Phone Calls or SMS) • Emotions can be sensed using both the blood pulse and the skin conductance • Colours can be mapped onto emotions • The RGB LED shows the emotive state of the other user in a non-intrusive way. (not only, at least)
7. Critique • The heart pulse sensor needs to be on a finger. Too intrusive! • Limit the quantity of “Emotional calls” per time span • Relies too much on the phone to communicate with the user. Maybe adding more LEDs to the bracelet?
8. Next in line... • Complete an Euphrosyne prototype • Aggregate end users in the design process • Test on the field more!