Meet Eater: affectionate computing, social networks and human-plant interaction

Authors:
Bashkim Isai;Stephen Viller
Affiliations:
University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia;University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 22nd Conference of the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group of Australia on Computer-Human Interaction
Year:
2010

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Abstract

The Meet Eater is a physical computing project which explores how social networks can be used to convey anthropomorphic qualities of an inanimate object. The installation consists of a real garden of plants with a synthetic ecosystem that automatically triggers a water pump when its 'social needs' are being sustained on its own Facebook page.