PersonCards allows for lightweight information such as picture messages to be sent to a frame and displayed within another’s home. Content can be sent to a PersonCard from any channel (e.g., SMS, MMS, Twitter). Recipients can then scribble on the screen, so as to send back handwritten messages. The device could even incorporate a small camera, so that pictures could be taken and delivered instantly to the sender without the need to incorporate other technologies.
Source: Lindley, S. E., Harper, R., and Sellen, A. 2009. Desiring to be in touch in a changing communications landscape. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’09). ACM Press, 1693–1702.
