Abstract:To assist people in practicing mindful breathing and regulate their perceived workload while not disturbing the ongoing foreground task during daily routines, we developed a mobile and personalizable pneumatic-haptic feedback device that provides programmable subtle tactile feedback. The device consists of three soft inflatable actuators embedded with DIY stretchable sensors. We introduce their simple and cost-effective fabrication method. We conducted a technical and user-based evaluation of the device. The u… Show more
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