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Jeli is a wearable pet with personality. Just pin him to your shirt or jacket and take him along wherever you go! Jeli is the perfect traveling buddy for those who want a little company during their busy day. Pet Jeli on the head, squeeze his head or scare him with a loud noise to make him come to life. Jeli served as an exploration in soft circuit design. The product is controlled by a Flora microcontroller, as it is well-suited to sewn circuitry and wearable products. Our system also incorporates homemade sensors, such as a potentiometer and a force sensor.

This project aims to reduce the barriers present in grandchild-grandparent communication by developing a messaging tool which encourages users to exchange tidbits from each of their lives, cultures, and generations. Additionally, this tool can be used by users who are hard of hearing or who have a language barrier.

In collaboration with colleagues from Malmö University in Malmö Sweden, the AEL is helping to develop a mixed-reality experience that is a narrative of cultural moments from the first half of the twentieth century. The Swedish project, under the direction of Profs. Maria Engerberg and Per Linde, is called Stadsfabula. The AEL is helping to create and test an Argon application that will recognize historic photographs on the walls of a museum space and play the video and audio.