BUDDY

HAPTIC LANGUAGE | NON VERBAL / VISUAL COMMUNICATION

Designed and Prototyped for SUPERUNION + SHELL

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DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE

At the core of the empathy is the idea that empathy is something you feel and don’t necessarily see. Buddy exemplifies this by gently, un-intrusively and timely intervene to help re-store mental balance. Buddy listens to the things people can’t express easily: Buddy will know how much sleep, sugar, stress, social interaction and security each user had. Buddy will understand intimately and in real time what’s happening: Buddy will scientifically understand what is the condition of the user and build a picture of what is causing any mental anxiety or stress. Buddy will act softly: Buddy will give ‘nudges’ and ‘taps’ to suggest targeted tips and actions for the user to alleviate the cause of stress. E.g. it will facilitate social interactions by connecting your buddy with other colleagues buddies. Buddy will learn from all the other buddies: All the buddies given to employees will be connected together to learn the total wellbeing of employees and what are the systematic as well as individual changes that could be done to improve total wellbeing at an organisation.

Gentle soft almost invisible light under the white skin Soft highly targeted interventions that require less cognition. We are aiming to create a HAPTIC LANGUAGE for communication.

There are multiple scientific wellbeing interventions that could be delivered via buddy in simple non-intrusive, discrete and almost invisible communications.