Ruthi Aladjem – Tangible Interfaces http://m834.media.mit.edu Just another MIT Media Lab Sites site Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.3 Team 3 – The Inner Circle http://m834.media.mit.edu/2017/12/06/team-3-the-inner-circle/ Thu, 07 Dec 2017 00:25:09 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=7718 Johae Song, Yiji He, Hui Yuan, Takatoshi Yoshida, Ruthi Aladjem

The Concept
The Inner Circle is a gesture operated wearable device, designed to create a space for communication, privacy and intimacy in crowded, noisy locations. This device  can be used  for planned  or serendipitous encounters, by groups of two or more.
The idea of an “Inner Circle” is contradictive, depending on the observer’s point of view:

On the one hand, it symbolizes the intrinsic need to belong, to have a close group of people to communicate with, in an intimate manner. The choice to manifest the solution as  a mobile wearable hub, signifies the realization that no one can escape the crowd and noise; finding a quite location is not an option and therefore, we need to adapt and to find a solution for this need, in the midst of the crowd.

On the other hand, for someone outside that inner circle, it may seem like an exclusive group that one cannot join or be a part of.

Thus, the  sincere need and motivation to find some quite amongst the crowd, can be seen, at the same time, as a bold statement, a protest and a call for a “quite revolution”.



 

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Seong Ho Yeon / Yiji He / Ruthi Aladjem


 

 

 



 

]]> Ruthi Aladjem- Brief intro on the fly… http://m834.media.mit.edu/2017/09/20/ruthi-aladjem-brief-intro-on-the-fly/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 14:02:56 +0000 http://mas834.media.mit.edu/?p=6956 I am a Postdoc researcher at the DevTech lab at Tufts and a recent PhD graduate from Tel Aviv University.
I am broadly interested in cognitive, emotional and design aspects of the co-evolution of humans, physical contexts and digital technologies.
This course is an opportunity for me to further explore my interest,  to engage in some hands on making and creation, to meet some cool new people and hopefully to have fun while doing so!

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