Story board for movie clip

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

Written Discription

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.

Story Board

Interactive object written discription

The interactive object I plan to make will be designed specifically for the sense touch.  I plan to do this by eliminating all other senses from being used when the object is being used so as it is a pure touching experience. I have noticed that even when people are sitting in class or just doing every day things, their hands always seem to be fiddling with things that they are not even thinking about, whether it be a pen, a cell phone or even a bit of paper. So I want to create something that a person would play or fiddle with subconsciously. For example, the user would play with it while it was in their pocket when they are using a computer, or watching TV. The object will obviously have to be small and it will have many different surfaces, edges and moving parts to keep the user interested, but without them noticing. I am hoping that by correctly deigning this object the person using it will get excited by the idea that they have just been using this object without noticing and in turn that it has helped them keep on task rather than letting their hands wander and get distracted.

Object development and research

Have tried all sorts of thicknesses, surfaces and shapes. The best at the moment is the one in the photo directly above. It is thin and has a variety of surfaces on it that are stimulation to touch. although some of the other designs have some aspects that i might use also. During our feed back session people seemed to prefer the objects in the top two photos because the smoother edges are nicer to touch and run your finger over.

Mind Map for studio 3

I want to concentrate just on the touch sense for my interactive object and
this mind map helped me explore the possibilities.

Objects Brought For Studios 1 & 2

Objects That Stimulate Senses(studio1)
L.E.D light stimulates our vision
Sandpaper (right) stimulates our touch and also our hearing when it's rubbed together
Sunglasses Case (Left) stimulates touch because its a really smooth

Interactive Objects(studio 2)
The Stapler is an object that is interactive for a purpose and nothing else really
The Bouncy Ball is interactive just for fun and serves no practical purpose
The i-pod is interactive by touch which activates its purpose of creating music (hearing sense)