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Huggy pajama: a parent and child hugging communication system

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Huggy Pajama is a novel wearable system aimed at promoting physical interaction in remote communication between parent and child. This system enables parents and children to hug one another through a novel hugging interface device and a wearable, hug reproducing pajama connected through the Internet. The hugging device is a small, mobile doll with an embedded pressure sensing circuit that is able to accurately sense varying levels of the range of human force produced from natural touch. This device sends hug signals to a haptic jacket that simulates the feeling of being hugged to the wearer. It features air pressure actuation to reproduce hug.

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J. K. S. Teh, A. D. Cheok, R. L. Peiris, Y. Choi, V. Thuong, and S. Lai. Huggy pajama: a mobile parent and child hugging communication system. In IDC'08: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children, 250--257, New York, NY, USA, 2008. AC.

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      IDC '09: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Interaction Design and Children
      June 2009
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      ISBN:9781605583952
      DOI:10.1145/1551788
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      1. haptic interface
      2. parent-child communication
      3. remote hugging

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