Jeli: The interactive, wearable pet

Faculty: 
Jim Budd
Students: 
Alison McKenna, Christa Lee
Jeli is a wearable pet with personality. Just pin him to your shirt or jacket and take him along wherever you go! Jeli is the perfect traveling buddy for those who want a little company during their busy day. Pet Jeli on the head, squeeze his head or scare him with a loud noise to make him come to life.
Jeli served as an exploration in soft circuit design. The product is controlled by a Flora microcontroller, as it is well-suited to sewn circuitry and wearable products. Our system also incorporates homemade sensors, such as a potentiometer and a force sensor. We built these sensors from copper tape, felted conductive fibers, and velostat, and connected them all with conductive thread. In addition to these soft sensors, Jeli also uses a microphone, neopixels, and a piezo buzzer to give him life and personality during interactions.
Lab: 
Director: 
Jim Budd
Faculty: 
HyunJoo Oh, Sang-won Leigh, Noah Posner, Wei Wang, Matt Swarts,
Students: 
Ceara Byrne, Chris Chen, Himani Deshpande, Mika Munch, Savanthi Murthy, Akash Talyan, Hank Duhaime, Hongnam Lin, Lizzy Fristoe, Ollie Hsieh, Prabodh Sakhardande, Santiago Arconada, Shihui Ruan, Tae Prasongpongchai, Tanuja Swant

The Interactive Product Design Lab (IPDL) is a purpose-built lab designed to support both teaching and research by allowing students to investigate, explore, and experiment with an extensive array of new technologies. Central to this concept, the School of Industrial Design has placed a high priority on the need to foster and develop interdisciplinary, team-based collaboration with other educational and research units from across the campus, including the School of Interactive Computing, the School of Mechanical Engineering, the Graphics Visualization and Usability Lab (GVU), and the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). The Interactive Product Design Lab was built in the summer of 2011 and opened in time for the 2011 fall semester.

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http://ipdl.gatech.edu

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