Hey guys this is one of my concepts im working with at the moment in order to measure fatigue levels in people. This product is most likely to be used by police to test for fatigue just as they test for alcohol or drugs. The way it works is through iris scanning. In my research i found that the military in the USA actually developed technologies that can measure the reaction times of the iris when it expands or contracts after being exposed to a light source. hence with this technology i was able to create Sova. This product will expose the eye of the person being tested to a series of light sources all whilst measuring the iris reaction speed. In further research the reaction of the eye coupled with the sag of they eye are the best known tests for fatigue in a human, and thus sova takes this information and is able to record the persons fatigue level. In terms of how it will be highlighted to the user i was thinking either a series of bars, where a full number of bars is awake and you get less and less the more fatigued you are. The other idea is to create my own unit, e.g. 0.84 Awakes or something like that. I also put a bit of time trying to make it as simple / easy to use and hold as possible for the user. hope you like.
- Ryan
3 comments:
Hey ryan, really loving this concept. I mean I would have loved seeing how you would measure awkwardness but well yeh you know.... bit awkward. Anyway, measuring fatigue is a great idea and i reckon heaps of companies, teachers even police would relish such a device. It could help to prevent road accidents, improve safety a great deal and would just generally be a fun thing to measure. This wouldve come in handy last week when our eng group did like 8 hrs eng design straight in the hargrave and then I had to drive home lol. The form is really simple and ergonomically pretty spot on, but are you going to go with straighter lines instead of a more organic form? Oh and your interface would be so simple to use. A single button could activate everything. Love your work, so far lol.
Jonathon
have you thought of making the product more comfortable to hold, shape the hand around it of incorporate gel grips etc.
adis
Ryan, the aesthics are a challenge here - I like what you've done so far because as a police unit is does have a sense of authority about it - yes comfort is an issue, but look at two-way radios, I don't see any gel grips there, just a comfortable shape.
Reporting - show some variations, maybe a unit for the (hypothetical) police unit, and a colour scale for consumer users? Or a go/no go indicator.
-Robbie
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