sniffing out familiar strangers
coordinators: Gillian Crampton Smith, Philip Tabor
when: dicember 2007
with: Lorenzo Cercelletta, Gabriele Rivoli
where: Iuav University of Venice, IxDLab1
what: mobile application
why: meet new people
elevator pitch
Ring tin tin is a mobile application that allows two or more mobiles act and greet as if they were dogs. From the very beginning, the team aimed to design a service to make it easier to get to know familiar strangers, i.e. those people who accidentally meet in their everyday routine without even realising it. The core idea of the project is to use the mobile like a dog in order to detect other “mates”, and enhance the possibility of meeting new people. The mobile phone’s owners are given the chance to decide whether they want to engae with that particular person or not, and are encouraged to play even if shy.
more information www.interaction-venice.com
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