TapTap is a technology to transfer touch between two people. It can also be an activity tracker, a game controller or smart alarm.

TapTap connects you and your beloved one as if you never left each other. It is a way to say the most important thing to the most important person. Your beloved is the only one who will feel that you touched your wristband. No matter how far away you are from each other, it feels like you just touched his hand. Two TapTap wristbands are connected only to each other, same as you two are.

It is not a multifunctional cooker, it serves only one purpose – let your partner feel your touch. No one will see it, and all you have to do is tap your wristband.

You will need to setup the device only once – when you first get it.

TapTap is not a social network, there are no “Share” or “Like” buttons, no statistics and no numbers. TapTap account has nothing in common with your relationship status on Facebook. It is a private space for you and your partner, it is unique the same way as you are, and only you two can access it.

No one will ever count your touches or kisses to offer you a better lipstick. It is your secret language, whether you want to say “I love you”, “I miss you”, “I’m thinking of you”, or “I’m waiting for you”.

Our goal is to create this secret universe which only you two can access. A secret place available for you no matter how far away you are from each other. A place where you can be together, with no words, no strangers, same place as was the room where you first touched each other.

Wristband

TapTap wristband has a plastic module and a hypoallergenic silicone slap-bracelet. When the bracelet is straight, you can insert the module in it or pull it out. When the bracelet hugs your wrist, the module is locked in. Want to wear a different color? Just pull the module away and put it in another slap bracelet.

What about the module itself? We designed it to be simple. It is made of hard scratch- and splash-resistant plastic. The silicone spot on top, the TapSpot, is the place you tap your finger on when you want to tell your TapMate that you are thinking about them. Also, if you press the TapSpot a bit longer, it turns the TapTap on and off. We placed a tiny micro USB socket on the side of the module to charge the TapTap.

Like most other slap bracelets, TapTap is adjustable to any wrist size.

Available colours: black, light blue, orange, grey, yellow, pink

We plan to offer wristbands with additional color and texture options at the production stage. Stay tuned for the updates!

Technical specs

Dimensions 1.9x0.7x0.5 in (49x18x12 mm), wristband width 24mm
Weight 1 oz (30g)
Battery 80 mAh
Up to 7 days of use on a single charge
Charging time 80 min
Bluetooth 2.1 and 4.0 Smart (Low Energy)
Smartphone compatibility: iPhone 4s, iPhone 5 and above, any Android Smartphone with bluetooth 2.1 and above

How it works

TapTap App

The TapTap App works with your device - It turns it on and off, switches LED's indication on/off (if you want even more intimacy, TapTap will react only with a vibration) and notify you when TapTap needs to be recharged. The app also has its own cool interface to send and receive taps directly from the phone, which looks like if your partner touched the screen from the inside.

Delivery

TapTap package is a set of two wristbands in individual gift boxes. If you are away from your partner, you may order a pair of TapTap wristbands to be delivered on two different addresses - we'll deliver the packages anywhere in the world, and you can begin TapTapping with your sweetheart.

Information for geeks

TapTap is meant to be very user-friendly, but of course we would love third-party developers to be able to extend its functionality. The device includes accelerometer and gyroscope, and if you want, other applications could use those features to provide useful and cool functions.

We are currently working on the software development kit for external developers. It will include 2 levels of program interfaces.

- Device side SDK

Device Side SDK allows developers to get real time raw data from all sensors - accelerometer, gyroscope. There are libraries which transform these data into the respective coordinates of human hand relative to his body, as well as the libraries containing information about steps, jumps, gestures etc, will also be available. It will allow people to drop the phone calls just with a slight move of a hand, increase the music volume with an upward swing, play Fruit Ninja, or scratch the virtual vinyl record.

We believe TapTap SDK can be used for step counters, activity and sleep trackers, smart alarms. We will provide integration with RunKeeper and FitBit through open API of those platforms.

The TapTap wristband can also be used as an intuitive input device in games or other entertainment applications. You could use it to control a racing car, smash fruits, play tennis, use DJ app or create music with virtual theremin - whatever your heart desires.

- Cloud side API

Cloud Side API allows web service developers to get the data from the device even without any special software being installed on the device (of course, only when a user agrees to share these data). This can be beneficial for fitness-related or social networks software.

Development story

Our team consists of a Founder of Dreams, Manager of Dreams and Three Engineers of Dreams. We have already launched several successful projects together. Maybe you've heard of Lighpack or Trace(we did the PCB engineering and device software), some of our earlier projects. Although TapTap is now at the prototype stage, and we have already spent over a year to make it perfect – as simple as an apple pie and as intimate as your first touch.

Here you see the first TapTap ever. It consists of TI MCU development board (big red board), Bluetooth module kit (small blue PCB on the left) and TapTap sensors board (green board on the right).

And here you can see the second TapTap prototype mounted on its own PCB. It's quite a big device (45x45 mm), but it is a complete functional sample of TapTap hardware. We used it to test out electronic design and to develop TapTap-smartphone connectivity.