The Kickbee
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| Made by | Corey Menscher |
| Made for | Rest of You Fall '08 with Dan O'Sullivan |
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| Short description | The Kickbee is a wearable device that senses when a fetus kicks inside the womb, and communicates the event to the outside world. |
| Made Using (Gear) | Arduino Mini, piezo sensors, XBee Series 1 |
| Relevant Tutorials (Fly-Bys) | |
| Displayed at (Venues) | 2008 ITP Winter Show, SIG Wearables |
| Homepage Location | http://kickbee.net/ |
| Additional Keywords | arduino, xbee, twitter, pregnancy |
Description
As a baby grows inside the womb, pregnant mothers are constantly and acutely aware of its presence mostly through its movements. With the Kickbee, I intend to extend a baby's minute contact with the world beyond the mother's body by sensing these movements and transmitting them via digital networks.
References
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Kickbee Press
April 16, 2009 - ABC's Good Morning America piece on "Tweeting During Surgery"
April 14, 2008 Edition of the New York Times - Putting Twitter’s World to Use
PBS Frontline: Digital Nation website - "Kickbee": texting from the belly (YouTube link to video)
Twitter CEO Evan Williams references Kickbee in his TED 2009 talk
NYC WPIX News Video (also aired on CNN) - Kickbee: Fetal Kick Detector
NY Daily News - "Twittering from the womb: How soon is too soon to 'tweet'?"
The Sun - "Baby's message from the womb"
BoingBoing - "Youngest Twitterer Evar"
MAKE blog - "Kickbee: Twitter from the Womb"
Gizmodo - "Kickbee: Now the world can know what your fetus is up to"
Engadget - "@kickbee OMG, this Twitter / baby-tracking hack is so great. Keep on kicking mommy!"
Hakaday.com - baby twitters via kicks
Geek.com - "Device allows babies to Twitter from the womb"
Talk2MyShirt.com - "Interactive maternity clothing - Kickbee"
