July 2018 – ROBOHEMIAN

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Propellor Pasties Make Spinnie Nips

July 6, 2018spetku0 Comments

Most of the areas of the body listed on the PULSE board are open and waiting to receive something to control: arms, thighs, head, buns, nips, and neck! Each comes with its own challenges and list of potential ideas. After much thought, I decided to direct my attention to the nipples for my next project… The first nipple augment is called the “Propellor Pasties”! As its name suggests, it senses fluctuations in the size of the wearer’s nipple using IR distance sensors and then indicates the fluctuation by spinning a geared propellor mounted to the other breast. SENSING FROM THE NIP Initially, the brainstorming session for this build took place in the kitty pool with an electronics engineer, a machinist, and plenty of beer to go around. As these *meditations* go, we first discuss the WHAT, and then mulled over the HOW. What am I sensing from the nipple, and…

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THE WHISPERING CROTCH BOX

July 1, 2018spetku0 Comments

I was laying in bed one morning when I thought to myself, “I could really use a pussy whisperer right now.” Soon after, the words dissolved from abstract meaning into disassociated literal imagery: “pussy. whisperer.” -I leaped out of bed and ran into the lab to fetch a pair of calipers. I measured my pelvic bone, opened a fresh document in CAD and started modeling an actual box that ergonomically fit between my legs. It would house a speaker aimed directly at my lady parts… and do precisely that, the pussy whispering. It came to be known in the days to come as the BEAT BOX! -and would become the first wearable I’d develop as part of the SHEBON project! 🙂 The augment reads the wearer’s heart rate and then outputs an audible whisper into the pelvic bone at a volume relating to their beats per minute (BPM). The byproduct…