TY - GEN
T1 - Plantimus-A Plant Stethoscope
AU - Asaf, Ofer
AU - Oren, Ronnie
AU - Geiger, Shachar
AU - Rinott, Michal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Owner/Author.
PY - 2021/2/14
Y1 - 2021/2/14
N2 - We present "Plantimus", an external sensory enhancement device that enables children to 'hear' plants. By embedding a digital layer on top of the physical world, we encourage children to step-out and reflect upon our inherent connection to nature as well as our responsibility towards it. Aimed to develop abstract thinking and self-exploration, the Plantimus is a two-piece device resembling a stethoscope, that generates different sounds when directed towards plants. The design process, as well as the technical implementation are described in detail. Insights from the initial user testing are presented, showing that children react positively to the experience of 'hearing' plants; and that the experience is also intriguing to adults. Future work involves advancing the plant recognition method and the specificity of the plant-sound relationship and testing the device within new scenarios of use.
AB - We present "Plantimus", an external sensory enhancement device that enables children to 'hear' plants. By embedding a digital layer on top of the physical world, we encourage children to step-out and reflect upon our inherent connection to nature as well as our responsibility towards it. Aimed to develop abstract thinking and self-exploration, the Plantimus is a two-piece device resembling a stethoscope, that generates different sounds when directed towards plants. The design process, as well as the technical implementation are described in detail. Insights from the initial user testing are presented, showing that children react positively to the experience of 'hearing' plants; and that the experience is also intriguing to adults. Future work involves advancing the plant recognition method and the specificity of the plant-sound relationship and testing the device within new scenarios of use.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85102080478
U2 - 10.1145/3430524.3442467
DO - 10.1145/3430524.3442467
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85102080478
T3 - TEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
BT - TEI 2021 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
T2 - 15th International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2021
Y2 - 14 February 2021 through 19 February 2021
ER -