If I could spend more time on this project, I'd like to revisit the activation of my wearable and try a few different iterations. I think it would be a better design to have the automator be a push-button rather than a potentiometer that the user has to twist, and would like to connect it wirelessly to the backpack rather than having to run wires over the user's shoulder. 

Another option would be to have the wearable activate via more involuntary signals of attraction, such as an increase in heart rate or starting to sweat. There are a variety of sensors that I could use for this, but would first like to do research into what specific bodily reactions are proven to occur as a result of attraction. I think it would be interesting to implement this into the design because it narrows the gap between human dating habits and animalistic rituals even more.