As Dutch experience designer Leanne Wijnsma has taught us, we need protection from our online behavior. Whereas Wijnsma uses the sense of smell to offer a secure connection, artist Jasper van Loenen developed a wearable that sends a small electrostatic shock to the wearer. Called Web Training Collar, this device is a modified dog collar that monitors the user’s Internet traffic and applies a corrective shock in case of unprotected websites. The intensity of the shock increases with each consecutive visit to a site that doesn't offer a secure connection. Technology domesticates us, at least in this case the purpose is positive.


Peculiar object of the week. Seen at Rendering Realities.

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