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23-31 October 2027

FULU

Haptic fingernail to bring sense of touch to daily digital communication.

Hosted by Ryo Tada

This project is now archived and was part of DDW19

Event type

Exhibition

FULU main image
FULU main image
Deo Suveera

FULU is a fingernail-mounted haptic interface. It is easy to use and is connected to your mobile phone with Bluetooth. With FULU, you can send and receive touch with your family members or your loved ones who are far away. You can also touch remote textures like the beach or your dog back home.

Currently, digital experiences are focused on the audio-visual whilst other human senses are fundamentally neglected. Of these other sensory systems, touch is important for creating trust and empathy, such as when babies first create a connection with

FULU allows to send and receive touches
FULU allows to send and receive touches
Deo Suveera
FULU allows to touch the texture far away (DEMO)
FULU allows to touch the texture far away (DEMO)
Ryo Tada
FULU allows to send and receive touches (DEMO)
FULU allows to send and receive touches (DEMO)
Deo Suveera
FULU allows to touch the texture far away
FULU allows to touch the texture far away
Participants of this exhibition

About Ryo Tada

Ryo is a recent graduate from Innovation Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London. Born and raised in Japan, worked as an architectural/interior designer for 6 years in London, Tokyo and Osaka. She is always curious about human behaviour and is currently focusing on the relationship between, and among, humans and objects. Her design approach is observing human behaviour and combining different design methods to find new ways to innovate the world.

Colofon

Video Yukako Tanaka
Photo Deo Suveera
Graphic Pamela Dimitrov
Exhibition Support Helen Chong
Exhibition Support Hochoul Lee

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