![]() ![]() The hearts will even gently pulsate, allowing you to really connect with the person on the other side of the device, and the soft, skin-like outer material will give you the impression of actually hugging another person. Sensors within both Heartfelt devices will read your body’s current temperature, letting the opposite person feel ‘your warmth’ based on your body temperature. “While video-calling helps, most people seem to miss the warmth that a physical hug brings, and we hope to somehow reproduce that comforting feeling”, say Gayle and Jessica. When both people hold their Heartfelt devices at the same time, the hearts warm-up, creating the warmth associated with hugging someone. Place your thumb onto the indentations and they light up in red and blue to notify the other person. It comes in the shape of a heart, and works when you hold it with both hands. Heartfelt works across long distances, and in pairs. Realizing that the physical separation affected the grieving process and prevented people from really emotionally connecting and healing together, designers Gayle Lee and Jessica Vea began working on Heartfelt, a device that added a physical element to the now-commonly used phrase “sending virtual hugs”. The idea for Heartfelt was born after one of the designers attended a virtual funeral of a family member during lockdown. Heartfelt, a LEXUS DESIGN AWARD 2021 finalist project, is hoping to change that. Technology keeps us connected, but it can’t replace the emotional connection we get from actually being around the people we love.
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