Mouse hack assignment by Nicole and Karen

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Mouse hack assignment
Handshakes are used when meeting another person, closing a deal, or congratulating someone. However, originally handshakes were used to prove a person does not have weapons when meeting another party. Today this practice is not prominent, but weapons and war affect adults and children everywhere in the world. Mahatma Gandhi said, “if we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children.” Unfortunately, at present millions of children involved in wars and violence.
In our project we have taken the idea of a handshake to symbolize war and peace in the lives of children in any country. We took two pairs of gloves, one pair of gloves with the black strip represents war and another pair with the white strip represents peace. We created a processing code that plays a nursery rhyme “ The Grand Old Duke of York” which is a nursery rhyme about the war.
When two users interact by putting on a pair of gloves with the white strips and shake hands, “The Grand Old Duke of York” nursery rhyme begins to play in an upbeat tune and children’s laughter in the background can be heard. When users put the gloves with the black strips and shake hands the same nursery rhyme begins to play but in a depressing manner and children’s screaming in the background can be heard.
The rhyme is used to show that children don’t understand war, whether they are in a country like Canada or in a war torn country .