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I am designing a computer program that a student flat can set up by networking their computers together. The program will measure the power usage of an individual’s room and compare it with his/her flat mates.

I got the idea from doing research in the holidays. Because I live in a hall of residence I was restricted to only taking power readings from within my room, to get a broader range of facts I also tested in some friends rooms. Without trying it became slightly competitive. Therefore I plan to make my interface a competition within the flat, which will therefore force the students to lower their energy consumption.  There will be a points system that will record power usage and can compare daily, weekly and monthly power consumption. This point system will fuel the natural competitive nature that everyone has and to add to this there will also be a rewards system.

I plan to keep the design of my interface really simple and straight forward, the design will be clean and logical. Specific information will be available but only if the user wants to see it, otherwise the interface will only show basic, yet informative, symbols and colours.

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The Anti-Distraction Tool: Final Images

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This is the anti-distraction tool. It has been primarily designed to appeal to the sense of touch but also stimulates hearing. The idea of this object is to play with it without thinking about it, the surfaces stimulate a person’s touch sense and by using this they will not get distracted by wandering hands when they are doing other things such as reading or surfing the internet.

My original intention was to create something that a person could keep in their pocket and play with. However through research and testing I found the pocket to be too restricting. So now the object has been designed to simple and comfortably fit in ones hand.

Instruction

The anti-distraction tool is very easy to use, all you need to do is hold it in your hand while you’re doing something else. Try holding it in different ways, feel all the sides and surfaces. But most importantly, don’t think about it, just let your hand wander.

Object Development

Failed attempts at trying to fix the metal between to pieces of wood for a clean look, the metal kept snapping.

Test concept with a thick piece of metal to play with, had an alright sound but received mixed responses to the fact it had sharp edges was good or bad.

Small prototype with aluminum as the metal, made a nice sound but the object was too small.