Celina Alvarado, an information architect/designer, loves to hug people.

Always the enterprising type, Alvarado decided to reclaim the extended, heartfelt hug by creating Try Me, a wearable device that clocks the length of a hug and tweets the result.

"People love hugging," she explains on her website. "We all need to hug and to be hugged. Emotions show up when holding a hug, emotions that you might have never expected."

Like hug boners?

The DIY tech project, which was featured at last weekend's Maker Faire in New York, doesn't just document hugs, however. It judges them.

Once the other person's arm eases the pressure on her back -- where the device is housed -- the Try Me, which is connected to Alvarado's smart phone, sends a tweet ranking the hug based on time served. Tweets can range from "refuses to call that a hug" to "mmmmyousmellsogood' style."

As far as we know, there isn't yet a ranking for "hugged very tightly, refused to let go, felt a banana in his pocket."