Beeping socks and chirping arm bands: wearables that foster free play

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Title:	Beeping socks and chirping arm bands: wearables that foster free play
Author:	Rosales, Andrea; Sayago, Sergio; Blat, Josep
Abstract:	Three playful wearable accessories incorporate design principles that promote individuality, natural interaction, ubiquity, and intimacy to encourage spontaneous open-ended social interaction in school-age children. The Web extra at https://youtu.be/LBBe8iDeFrs demonstrates Wearable Sound, an accessory that transforms your movements into sounds. You can play the sound of a bird by moving your arms, the sound of bubbles while walking, or create your personal combination. You only have to wear the sensor, choose a sound, and use all your creativity to play!
Subject(s):	-Wearable computing -User centered design -Education -Elementary school education
Rights:	© 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. The final published article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2015.168
Document type:	Article Article - Accepted version
Published by:	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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