Tensions of Data-Driven Reflection: A Case Study of Real-Time Emotional Biosensing
summary
A shirt called Ripple is built with thermochromic pinstripes that change over a ten-minute cycle in response to skin conductance; 17 participants wear it 8–20 hours across two days. The system logs sweat-related arousal but also responds to temperature and can be manually overridden. Participants sometimes use the color shifts to reflect together, but many treat the display as authoritative—some feel reassured, others feel left out or worry a non‑change means they lack emotion.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and context
- 3:14Designing alternatives to biosensing
- 4:58Introducing the Ripple garment
- 8:06Study design and participant experience
- 12:18Results and unexpected tensions
- 14:07Future directions for biosensing
- 16:17Q&A
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