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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 29
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Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 29

by Mark Frauenfelder
January 2012
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
176 pages
7h 37m
English
Make: Community
Content preview from Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 29

NORTH PAW AND HEART SPARK

Sensebridge makes devices that let people feel direction and see their heartbeat.

BY JON KALISH

Sensebridge (sensebridge.net) is a maker of electronic kits geared toward personal hacking. It was started by a group of friends at the San Francisco hackerspace Noisebridge. Jon Kalish spoke with Sensebridge’s Eric Boyd, who now lives in Toronto, about the company’s first two products.

Jon Kalish: How does North Paw work?

Eric Boyd: It’s a compass anklet. You strap it on and it basically vibrates to tell you which way is north. Inside the anklet are eight vibrating motors just like the one inside your cellphone. And they’re spaced equally around your ankle. One of those motors is on at all times — it’s a persistent stimulus. ...

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