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A digital innovation agency called Kwamecorp has developed modular wearable devices that come in pairs. When one person touches their device, the other person will feel it.

Kwamecorp is the team behind a range of products and services including Fairphone and Lily Cole's Impossible.com.


It is currently seeking $150,000 (£93,000) on Indiegogo to fund the development of these products, called Bond. "It's not about tweets, it's about tickles," says Kwamecorp.

Each Bond module features a capacitive touch sensor, Bluetooth, a vibration motor, an LED and a battery, induction charger and accelerometer. The module is affixed via magnets to a bracelet (or necklace) made out of wild rubber from the Amazon. The tiny device connects with iPhones and any Android phone with Bluetooth 4.0. If the wearer of one of the devices touches it for a second, their friend will get a one-second "tickle" (much like a phone vibration). Tickles can last up to five seconds and will appear as a different colour depending on how long it's touched for. If you swipe the Bond, it will send a "rainbow tickle".

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"The way we communicate with each other has been revolutionised by the mobile. But one thing that has been lost is the art of touch," explains Kwame Ferreira, CEO of Kwamecorp.

Bond is accompanied by an app that visualises the tickles you've been sharing. It also allows users to leave tickles and emotions wherever they go. So, if someone is in a restaurant and they love the food, they can leave "a positive touch" for others to see.

Similarly the device can be set up to vibrate


The Indiegogo funding will help the designers to first of all miniaturise the module that they have prototyped so that it measures just 12mm by 22 mm by 6mm (it's currently much larger). "We wanted to create small modular units that could connect together and be swapped with modules with new functionality. The challenge was to make them look great aesthetically but incorporate the technology to make the modules fully functional and suit a variety of purposes and occasions," explains Ferreira.

The ultimate plan is to build an ecosystem with an open platform that allows other people or companies to create their own modules that make Bond even better. "The touch functionality is only the start for us," Ferreira adds.

You can donate to the Bond Indiegogo project here.