Social battery badge
By Andrew Gregory. Posted
Introverts aren’t shy, quiet creatures that need to stay at home all day – it’s more complicated than that. Where extroverts thrive on social interaction, introverts find it takes a bit of energy to be around other people. When they’re feeling full of social energy it’s fun to socialise; when that social battery is drained, they need to read a book, go for a walk, or conduct some other solitary activity in order to recharge. That’s something that a lot of people don’t understand, but the next time you’re at a conference and you need a break from people, you can spell it out with the aid of this Social Battery (£14.99) by David Capper.
This is David’s first attempt at designing for production and sale. As anyone knows who’s tried it, making something as a one-off if very different to doing it at scale, and David has explored this in a series of blogs in which he explains the process of going from idea to sales platform. It’s powered by an ATtiny13A and a CR2032 coin cell battery, and the user controls the LEDs via a small button on the side of the badge. And it you want to know more about introversion and why it’s not what you might think it is, try reading Quiet: The Power of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain.
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