Intention

The problem area we are interested in is social isolation, particularly the social isolation of immigrants and refugees in the current political climate. Our solution involves an interactive device set up in a public space, which senses the high-five's from people. A pressure sensor on the hand-shaped board would sense and count the handprints of passers-by who volunteer to send a high-five to immigrants. The number count of high-five's would be linked to the clocks, located both in the place with the sensor and another public place with a high number of the immigrant/refugee population. The clock hand, connected to a servo, would point to a certain color programmed on Neopixel based on the number of high-five counts and replicate the sound of a real clock every time it moves. When it reaches the “love O’clock”, which is the maximum number of counts set on the clock, it would play music. This real-time interaction and data shared allow a more human-level connection between people who live in different socioeconomic, political circles. Through our solution, we aim to show social support to people who are unseen and unheard. We hope to push this social campaign forward and reach a larger population.