Hugbug: A Wearable Interface for Facilitating Digital Design for Children

Wearable interfaces allow computational components to be woven into fabric. The potential of wearable interfaces to stimulate design thinking in diverse populations has been explored in recent years. Our development, which we have called the HugBug is a fun wearable interface in the shape of a hat supplemented with programmable LED lights and a touch sensor used as an example to demonstrate an Input-Process-Output model to children and stimulate design thinking. The interface was used in two workshops in Canada and Mexico.