Assignment, choice & design challenge:
Assignment: Using an Arduino, design a solution to an everyday health or sustainability problem.
The health concern I ultimately chose was: “looking at digital screens for too long”.
- How can I raise awareness about screen viewing habits and encourage people to take breaks to protect their eyes?
Focus
The focus of this project was on concepting, interaction and prototyping. The project had to include the following points:
- Multimodal interaction: I had to make sure the solution had multiple ways to interact with it. So I included physical buttons and voice commands.
- Feedback loops: The project had to contain multiple feedback loops (see slides underneath).
- States: The solution had to contain multiple states, which I then had to map (see slides underneath).
- Micro-interactions: The solution had to contain multiple micro-interactions, which I then had to map (see slides underneath).
