Laura Rodriguez

an AI home assistant that acts as an extension of you, by learning your voice, speech patterns, and tone in order to communicate as you in situations that take up excess time and energy. The aim is to free up time for richer interactions with people that are important to you.

We want to explore designing a digital hybrid object that would allow someone to forget and accept these painful memories through the act of transformation.

Pain Garden is a paired connected zen garden that relay the experiences of people with chronic pain to their family or friends. The feedback interactions that occur between Pain Gardens bring into question the way we view and interpret reactions from others.