Flowers Bluetooth brooches

Name: Flowers Bluetooth brooches
SKU: 25788
Price: 59.00 USD
Availability: InStock

A pair of Flower brooches connected via BLE, with vibration, LEDs and touch sensing, that lets you interact with your loved ones.

Designed by Art by Physicist in United States of America

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A pair of Flower brooches connected via BLE, with vibration, LEDs and touch sensing, that lets you interact with your loved ones.

What is it? Kitty's Flowers is a pair of beautifully designed Bluetooth-wearable brooches, which can be programmed to interact with one another. The brooches are perfect for keeping loved ones by you…

What is it?

Kitty's Flowers is a pair of beautifully designed Bluetooth-wearable brooches, which can be programmed to interact with one another. The brooches are perfect for keeping loved ones by your side with Bluetooth connectivity. They are also a fun platform for kids to learn to program.

Jointly created by Art by Physicist (Dr. Kitty Yeung) and DFRobot, they contain an integrated power management system, RGB LED lights, an accelerometer, a touch sensor, and a vibrating motor. The brooches support Arduino and Scratch programming and can be used as the core intelligent control unit for wearable products, interactive art installations, and new accessories. The brooches come in matched pairs. Learn how to reprogram the boards on the Bluetooth Wearable Brooches product wiki and the Hackster.io projects.

In addition to being ideal for decoration and interaction, they are perfect for educational purposes for users who want to learn programming.

Why did you make it?

My mother told me a story about a time I played a prank on her. I was 3 years old. She took me out shopping. While she was browsing some clothes, I disappeared. She was devastated. She looked for me everywhere and had the store broadcast my name. It might have been a couple of hours of searching in vain until she noticed a pair of tiny feet underneath a giant coat on a mannequin - I was hiding inside the coat the whole time, sweating and giggling. It was funny for me but a nightmare for my mom.

There are always stories about kids go missing due to various reasons. Parents shouldn't be overprotective but in public areas they need to keep kids in sight. Tracking devices exist. But can we create some interactive behaviors that can be more effective?