Idea:

We wanted to transmit hand movement in the form of waving and giving a hand-shake. One person would initiate the movement with the circuit playground attached to a glove and place in their palm and the other person receiving the transmission would have the circuit playground on the top of their hand, being visible to view the LED colors. We planned to involve LED colors that changed depending on the hand orientation and a shake function that played a tone when the hand started moving.

Experience:

After finishing the code, we all were smiling and laughing as the engagement with the circuit playground was exciting. It worked and it was exactly what we wanted. We chose to customize the colors for when the board was upright to yellowish-green to signal the friendly wave. We use an aqua blue-green to signal the handshake, more of a calm color. The play_tone we created was also friendly and combined with the colors, the experience was fun as it made us happy.

Video Demonstration:

Visual demonstration of shaking vs. waving light reactions