This paper presents Touchology, interactive plant projects that explore serenity and emotional attachment through meditative touch of plants with interactive audio-visualizations. Gardening is seen to improve mindfulness, memory and cognitive abilities. Those who are unable to benefit from this activity, such as the mentally and physically disabled are less prone to be exposed to the leisure. Due to simple technical setups, the projects presented here can be placed anywhere at the ease of the user. The pilot studies with target populations indicate that calming tangible interaction with plants can evoke mindfulness in a similar way to gardening related experiences.
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Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
