Team Members:
Natalie Comeau, Karla Saenz, Melanie Baljko, Isabel Gomez, Isabel Gómez, Manuel Merino, Stefilla López and Alberto Molina

Relevant Publications:
Hamidi, F., Comeau, N., Saenz, K. Baljko, M. HugBug: A Wearable Interface for Facilitating Digital Design for Children. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Design and Emotion, 2014, 706-709.

Hamidi, F., Baljko, M. Makers with a Cause: Fabrication, Reflection and Community Collaboration. Proceedings of the International Conference on Distributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions, 2015, 49-61. Available Online.

HugBug was intended as a design provocation, such that it might inspire. It has been used to teach physical computing design concepts to children and adults. Recently, in a collaboration with the Grupo TAIS at the Universidad de Sevilla, we started using HugBug as an affective interface for therapeutic stimulation of children with profound brain damage in multisensory environments.  

Please watch the video below to see HugBug in action.