As part of our HDI Network funded research with children, we have been running a series of creative workshops to investigate children’s attitudes towards the sensors in common smart devices.
The workshops have included a series of activities which allow children to explore their relationship with smart devices using creative and artistic methods. These include imagining the secret inner-space of their devices, and designing speculative tools and inventions which allow them to deceive the sensors embedded inside the devices.
Below is an example of a speculative device designed to block the sensors on a child’s smart watch. More details about the project and the outcomes will be published soon.
![A child's sketch of their invention for a device which blocks the sensors inside a smart watch.](https://ispysensors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2021-04-27-at-15.55.06-3-1024x472.png)
![A child holding a model they've created of a smart phone sensor blocker](https://ispysensors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screenshot-2021-04-27-at-16.13.35-8-1-1024x732.png)
![an animated render of speculative smart watch blocker](https://ispysensors.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/watch_block_crop.gif)