Intentiō allows a potentialized human to activate low-power electronic devices by touching them. A potentialized human acts as a common power source and distributes power to electronic devices through their body. An electronic device generally requires its own power source and needs to be managed individually. The diversity of battery sources, which must also be frequently charged or exchanged, has introduced complications for users. Providing a common power source may help users to manage electric devices because they are passive, with no power source of their own. Intentiō is a novel concept for augmenting human to handle electronic devices with power distribution, where the electric devices can passively exist without wiring or power sources.

Publications

Michinari Kono, Hiromi Nakamura, and Jun Rekimoto. 2017. Intentiō: power distribution through a potentialized human body. In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference(AH ’17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 6, 10 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3041164.3041175 (Peer Review)