Saturday, September 6, 2008

concept 1

hey guys

My theme is stress. so the idea behind this is that the user wears the glove which measures their pulse and skin resistivity, both of which are commonly used as stress indicators. The glove will then either change colour or a small screen will change colour and display a short phrase communicating that the user is too stressed to be productive (i have to check out what technology exists for this). can't wait to hear your thoughts and ideas!

grace

4 comments:

Student Contributor said...

Hey Grace yeh i think you have got a great idea with the glove changing colour but how will the glove actually change colour and work? The screen idea could work as another alternative but not sure how it will pick up the signals of stress? Good luck with it

Jamie.

Student Contributor said...

yo gracey,

i'm loving how you have developed this idea. I think the glove is a cool idea. The fact that it only covers part of the hand is also great as it then doesn't affect them doing other things that will in turn make them more stressed. would this be one size fits all?? and will the fact that it covers only the pinky affect full control of the hand at all, because is it flexible or stiff??

-Ryan

Student Contributor said...

grace this is a really clever idea of having sensor gloves because your hands can tell a person so much about themselves. the fact that it doesnt cover the entire hand is also a bonus because gloves can be irritating at times. i look forward to reading more into your research

-georgia

Robbie said...

Tricky one with the glove - the hand is a great source for data, but you can inhibit the user. Are there other areas to use for the same purpose?

Also, as Jamie said, some more thinking about how it works is needed, but this is coming along well.

-Robbie