A slumber light is a luminescent cube containing a photograph of a distant friend or family member that glows when that person is asleep. I designed them for a specific long distance relationship between my son, age 3 and my grandmother, age 95.

Scenario:
Sam, climbs into bed for his nighttime stories. Below his mattress is a proximity sensor that picks up on his bodies electrical field and turns on a SlumberLight on his night stand. The light pulses and glows, slowly. A signal is also sent out over the web to a chat server telling a remote SlumberLight on his Great Grandmothers night stand to also turn on and pulse. The Slumberlight contains a picture of Sam. As sam settles in to sleep, the the pulsing slows and goes into a low resting state while he sleeps. When he wakes and leaves his bed the SlumberLight turns off, waiting for the coming nighttime stories to turn on again.

SlumberLight

Tags: interaction design, human computer interface
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