Keybod in action
Key Bod is a wearable device that explores the mechanical relationship between the body, mind, and digital environment. The body and mind are connected, which means tricking your body can also trick your brain. Moreover, the posture and gestures of the body affect one’s mind, feelings, and thoughts. However, people often interact with digital devices, losing this connection—especially working for a sustained period. As a result, workers tend not to notice their bad posture, which can cause emotional depression and health problems. This project explores technology’s impact on working spaces and imagines alternative future interactions.
What if we can use technology with our bodies to change how we interact with digital devices? Could we bring that unconscious posture to become conscious? Is this can make people get the realization of being in a moment? The idea is to make the keyboard wearable to change the sensory interaction, also bridging the gap between physical and digital space by simultaneously adding a functional layer to the body: wearing it.
Instead of pressing a keyboard, what if you pressed your body to type? This requires more movements and means that we must also remember a set of physical gestures to type words. Ironically, this interaction functions like punishment and healing at the same time. Moreover, sometimes we are rough when handling and typing on our computers. If we experience typing on our own bodies, will it make us more aware during typical interactions with a computer? This project explores these questions to determine if this unusual physical interaction can affect both digital interactions and the well-being of the body and mind.
Explores the mechanical relationship between the body, mind, and digital environment.
When the wearer sits in bad posture (hunchback), the Keybod will automatically disrupt, by self-typing complains to the wearer on the screen.
Details of a hand-embroidered letter on the sleeve instead of an industrial circuit, the device is handmade, fragile, and expirable(the material can be oxidized)
Keybod was exhibited at:
An A-historical Daydream 14th AIR Biennial - A.I.R. Gallery (Brooklyn)
International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), (Maui)
Put Together, Bdyhax Con (Austin)
LSC After Dark (New Jersey)
BIOMEDevice Conference (San Jose)
Maker Faire, New York Hall of Science, New York
NYC Media Lab Summit 2016 (NYC)
Erote, Hollow Art Space (Brooklyn)