The secret lives of teenagers

Ruth Kikkin-Gil's masters thesis seems nice. It's about “mediating social relationship through mobile communication within groups of teenage girls". [via pasta and vinegar]

The Buddy Beads project suggests alternative ways for communication among teenagers, ways which emphasize their social structures, behaviors and needs.

BuddyBeads are techno-jewelry items that facilitate non-verbal and emotional communication among group members, through codes and signals which the group decided upon together.

Each group member has a matching jewelry piece and can use it to communicate her emotional state to the other group members. Messages are decided by the group in advance and construct a secret private code among its members.

emily | 11:19 AM | News, Buzz |
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