LEMO

Advisor _ Carla Diana, Spring 2016

Team _ Gary Polk, Yilang Peng, Jessica Hyunjoo Soe

LEMO is a stone-like pendant that allows you to communicate your thoughts and memories through time, whether it is to your future self, family or a stranger..

This 'smart jewelry' consists of a pendant that incorporates sound-recording technology with geo-tagging. By pushing a button, you are either recording a message for the future or listening to one from the past, enabling a dialogue through time. While traveling, the user is able to record a message into the device by activating it. The activation simultaneously geo-tags the location of the device, and links that location to the recording. The next time the device arrives at that location, it activates, speaking those thoughts to its wearer.

LEMO comfortably sits around your neck, positioning it to be easily spotted and easily interacted with. LEMO’s exterior shell is patterned to project a lit effect while accentuating creases. It begins to glow and vibrate when it comes in proximity of a memory - this environmental response allows the user to relive past memories with minimal disruption. The accumulation of several memories consequently allows the user to be taken on a previous wearer's journey.

How do we as designers tap into the elements of time as a medium of dialogue?