DISTRESS

Here is my Pilot's Combat Helmet which I have designed to measure levels of distress of a pilot while in grave in imminent danger. The helmet will be a highly sophisticated piece of combat head-gear which will monitor the pilot's heart-rate, oxygen and temperature. As the pilot may encounter dangerously unstable conciousness leading to loss of conciousness and blacking-out which would be detrimental.

The sophisticated helmet-gear mounted with various sensors would then trigger either an increase in oxygen and control helmet temp stabilizing the pilot health giving him/her the ultimate advantage of un-interupted concentration.

Measuring Busyness

So here is my first finished concept of my Busy Buoy, device which measures busyness. I've decided to measure the attribute via a point system where office movements and sound spikes constitute point increments which can be weighed differently per the indiduval. The product is made up of a desktop unit and door/wall mount.

In My Next Idea: I plan to measure busyness via physical or emotive actions. As busyness is dependent on workload and time, i plan to use the speed and/or force of certain hands actions to provide a medium to measure or gauge a person busyness.

Daniel Dob.

Concept....

Hi guys,

you cant really see my annotations because its an A3 page and an A4 scanner. YAY. but ill explain it here. Basically the product is designed to prevent office workers from heart disease such as heart attacks by ensuring they keep control of their anger and stress levels. To do this the product sits on the office desk and picks up the volume and stress tones in the users voice. As these level get elevated the product begins to change form and colour to passively alert the user that they are putting themselves in danger. i wanted to avoid sounds and alarms because this would most likely just make this situation worse. i know if i was angry and something buzzed or beeped at me i would most likely break it into as many pieces as possible...maybe thats just me(awkward..... to reverse this change the user needs to "prove" to the product he or she has calmed down buy putting their finger in a pulse detector much like the ones they use in hospitals with the laser. once the pulse rate has gone back down the product returns to its "passive" form. so there it is.. let me know what you think..

Nick C

Hydration Monitor

Hey guys,
Don't know if you can read my hand writing but it simply explains that in my theory hydration can also be measured fairly accurately as water is used by the body as a coolant and so if the temperature is increased and the moisture content in the air we breath out decreases the dehydration level of a person increases.
Joseph

Pain in the ass?

So here's some initial sketches of part of my concept. I've decided to try and design a device that can measure pain; how much pain a person is suffering, and what kind of pain. I've decided to focus it on chronic pain rather than acute pain as acute pain is usually the result of rather obvious physical injury. ie. gunshot wound = hurt. Not much of a mystery.

So after doing a bit of research I found out that all the pain messages in the nervous system gets sent through the spinal dorsal horn.

So... my design has a pad like receptor, with various sensors and monitoring devices embedded in it, that will measure things like heart rate, breathing, but most importantly an electrical signal detector that can detect the specific pain signals being sent through the dorsal horn and measure the intensity and frequency of these signals. This can be interpreted into the different types of pain, eg throbbing, piercing, pulsating, continuous etc.

Now I just got to work out a way to express this pain in a concise meaningful manner. Which will be bit of a pain. : - )

>WILL

Military Stress Device

Well here's a concept for my military stress device (yet to be named!)

Through monitoring heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature via a glove fitted with receptors, military commanders will have a better understanding of how their soldiers are actually coping on the field. This data will then be sent to a main receiver, where the stress levels of each soldier are worked out.

Details of the glove itself are on the sketch...hopefully my writing isnt too messy!

Jessica

fear o meter

sorry guys but my scanners playing up... but im designing a device that measures fear. I am heading along the lines of a watch or wrist band that expans as contacts, like a heart rate monater, to measure your pulse. judging on the heart rate it gives a reading of how scared or worried u are. this device could be used by movie makers, or game designers to see how scary there movie or game is.

gianni

Fatigue

WELL seeing as though i'm not the only one doing fatigue (which is pretty
crap) I thought I'd take a different direction.
My initial concepts were of an aesthetically pleasing object that can be
hung on your rear view mirror which changes from a green (normal) to red
(fatigued) and then flashes when it thinks you've been driving for too
long/if it thinks you need to take a rest.
I also discovered that carbon dioxide can cause people to become sleepy
and dizzy so I'm still trying to figure out a way to detect if there is a
high level of that gas surrounding you.
SO ANYWAY
that's my idea

-Annie

Measuring Fear

Well, i changed my topic this week. Now I'm measuring fear. So there are people want to measure fear such as extreme sports players or maybe scary movie maker. My product is something that you can hold in your hand and it should fit it perfectly and it has motion sensors inside (something like wii remote), and it can record the reactions when the user is fear such as shaking or sweating. Also i wanna add some more function into this product maybe a camera or something. Hopefully i will get more ideas next week=]

Nancy M

Andrew van der Merwe

my current concept measures the water usage and carbon emissions of a household. The console sketched here has a recessed drop which graphically illustrates the rate of water usage for that household relative to the recommended usage for the number of inhabitants via LED backlighting (also considering printed OLED screens). The extruded leaf represents the energy usage, taking into consideration the emissions from vehicles, green energy produced from solar panels and total electricity consumption. Vehicle energy usage will be logged using reporting 3G units or similar, which will most likely be preinstalled in cars to come anyway. This product is designed for the near future when serious restrictions are enforced by the government, wi-fi technology is cheap and improved and water levels are (even more) beyond critical. The console is able to monitor energy consumption via access to the grid and logs your usage under an account which will also be accessible online by logging in for more details information and statistics. I am still in the process of defining the product itself, i am considering the line of products, being: console, car monitor, technicians console (the installer). 

The system would be closed to end-user (defined as household) input, it would be installed by a government/private {grr} energy company technician much like todays energy companies install KWh gauges or security companies install security systems. 

I am currently trying to incorporate additional functions eg. your energy bill to date (since the connection exists to the grid), product error reporting button, emergency services buttons etc to make it a kind of "civil console" for households. awww.

also adding a hard of hearing accessory/ad on module.

Andrew vdM

food poisioning

My idea is a device which can detect unsafe food quickly and easily. Aimed at travellers, restaurant owners and possibly third world countries.

Food poisoning is caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites which you cannot detect quickly; you need laboratories and hours or even days to get results. However, researchers at the University of South Carolina may have the answer. They have been working on a simple 'dipstick' or lancet that can determine if food is spoilt in 5 minutes with a 90% accuracy rate. Of course, food spoilage doesn't necessarily cause trips to the hospital...
(whyfiles.org/shorties/240spoilage_sensor/)

These are some sketches I've started, just playing with different graphical ways that could indicate unsafe food.

-Sunny

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Toy Concept

This is my first concept, hopefully you can read my messy writing on my design to see what it is all about. It is essentially a children's toy uses to find what the child does well in. It is able to be played with Musically, Mathematically, Physically and Artistically.

Tim.

Measurement Concept

I am designing something that measures the roughness of the surface of a car and then tells the user whether it needs a polish or not, because its hard to tell whether a car needs a polish by eye or touch. My concept uses a laser undernieth to determine the roughness of the surface, and then displays the results...on the display. At the moment my concept doesnt really look like its been designed style wise, but I am working on how the display will show the results and how it works overall.

Marco

my shower water wastage measurer

yo,

so ive come up with several ideas on how i am going to monitor / alert
people in the shower of how much water they are using. this idea
involves a device attached to the actual shower head in which a dye is
added to the water flow after a certain pre determined amount of water
has passed through. Or, alternatively, the temperature of the water
could be dropped gradually until it's freezing cold, promoting the
person to take a quicker shower!

luke.

Laura

My original concept was to create a device which measured an employee's or potential employee's level of loyalty. But I had some major problems finding quick ways to get an assessment of come of the traits I needed to measure. So I came up with a device which measures judgement, length of relationship and enthusiasm for the job.

Length of relationship is entered in a scale. A verbal or written scenario test is conducted which questions applicable to their roll. The person is scored from zero to ten and that's also entered in the scale. The version is asked to wear a wrist strap and speak about what they like about their roll or a roll their going for. The strap has a microphone to measure fluctuations in voice and a heart rate monitor to measure fluctuations in heart rate. Both of these are indicative of enthusiasm.

Each factor is allocated either red, green or blue. The higher the reading, the greater the intensity of the colour. These are imputed onto a Venn diagram and the person is allocated the colour produced in the centre. The colour represents a wide range of traits. The diagram can also be read to reveal the results of the individual tests, and the device can print out a copy.
I'm sure many of you graphics enthusiasts are familiar with the RGB colour mode but, just for good measure, here's a diagram. This shows red, green and blue at full intensity.

Laura.

rain-catcher

hi all. this product is a rain gauge that catches rain through a inclined glass top. As the water dribbles into the centre point it absorbes into creases carved into the stone block (covered in glass panels) and leaves dark 'tracks' to show the amount of rainfall. this concept is to show rain measurements visually and aesthetically, and with the intention of making a connection with users with the amount of rainfall and water usage (ie. a education tool for children to learn the reason for sensible water usage). i have various ideas of the way the water could present different reading patterns but i like this concept as it is simple and could look A-okay in a city balcony/courtyard arrangement.
phoebe .L

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measurement sketch

This product measures a person's anxiety based on heartrate and amount of sweat on the user's hand. After talking to Robbie about this in class, I think this product will work better without a display screen that tells the user how to cope with their anxieties. Instead, the product will simply glow a certain color, which will tell the user how severe their anxiety is. It will then be up to the user to decide how they want to deal with the information.
Emily C

Week 8 Post...

I think the image and the explanations within it are pretty self-explanatory… So here it is!
Jeff

concept 1

Here is my device, it is designed to detect levels of bacteria in food. I only discovered recently that this is not such a simple process so I have created a device that simplifies the process down. Basically a solution of fluorescent droplets has to be placed on the food in order to make the bacteria visible when the light is put on it. So once the solution is put on the food, the light is shined onto it which makes the bacteria visible to the naked eye and will also read on a sliding scale detector which will tell the user if the food is dangerous or not.

Paul P.

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concept 1

Here is my device, it is designed to detect levels of bacteria in food. I only discovered recently that this is not such a simple process so I have created a device that simplifies the process down. Basically a solution of fluorescent droplets has to be placed on the food in order to make the bacteria visible when the light is put on it. So once the solution is put on the food, the light is shined onto it which makes the bacteria visible to the naked eye and will also read on a sliding scale detector which will tell the user if the food is dangerous or not.

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Time management!

Hey guys/girls/guygirls

here's a sketch of one of my more... interesting concepts based around scales.
it's purpose is to measure assignments/goals and determine which requires the most priority.
it does this via information provided by the user, in this case, through the use of weights.
For example, your assignment had a total running time of 13 weeks, with 6 weeks elapsed and 7 weeks left. you've completed say, 50% of the assignment in terms of marks weighting.
you place 6 green weights into the left compartment, 7 red weights into the middle compartment and 5 blue weights into the right compartment.
each compartment has its own scale and the unit computes how urgent it is that you work on this project.
still a rough concept at the moment but we'll see where it goes... ;)

cheers for reading

-kai

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Measuring Hunger

hey guys

my design is based on measuring hunger, im not going to go into too much detail because i already did that on my last entry...the mental part of the machine is based on smell and the aromas around the person using the product. and the physical hunger will be based on excercise and the last time a meal or snack was eaten...

so yeh there you go.

some of it is manual where the person has to put in when last meal was eaten and the amount of excercise done but other than that the machine detecs the different food smells...

i may also include some kind of microship which is under the skin therefore can test blood for sugar levels ect...

-georgia

measurement concept

so this is the idea i think ill be going through with. I continued to think about my patch which displays how burnt a person is. The data inputs include a measure of skin temperature as well as a gage of uv rays absorbed. This will then be analysed and outputted as a degree of sun damage caused. I am considering this as a change in colour oor a number of 'suns' appearing on a screen any ideas?
nev

a musical concept

Hey everyone, in case you are wondering why a random pic of a hand on keyboard was on last weeks blog that was my fault :P i did something wrong with the email and my post didn't go up properly so here is my idea and also a concept sketch....
 
My idea for the project:
- A device that measures your accuracy of playing songs on Keyboard and/or other musical instruments
 
As a keyboard player myself sometimes I wish I had a device to tell me if I am playing in time or not. I use a metronome whilst playing however sometimes it can be hard to tell if I am playing in time or not and at the same time read the music properly and hit the right notes. It would be cool to have a device that can give the player a measured rating of how well they played a particular song. It will be a helpful learning tool for students while practicing at home without their teacher there to tell them if they played in time properly or not.
 
How this idea will work:
Input: you type in the tempo and time signature of the music and the microphone records the song as you play.
Result: when you play it records the audio, converts to digital, and then it will quantize the audio to your set tempo and time signature and then give you a grading of how well you did.
 
My first concept sketch:
 
I was thinking of shapes to do with music and thought the treble clef would be a cool shape to start with so i came up with this idea.

 - Marisa
 

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My product is based on the "what the hell are you thinking - o - meter. it will be some form of facial recognition scanner, which will recognize certain expressions and inform the user. I thought to substitute this into something that is part of our everyday life so the user can scan anyone they want "sneakily", without them knowing, eg an angry girlfriend/wife or knowing if someong is annoyed at you when you talk to them. by knowing what/how someone is feeling toward you subsiquently you can prevent many of conflicts between people.

-Adis

THE PATIENCE GAME

Hey everyone, basically this was my initial concept for measuring patience. The device is a gameboard with a screen interface which lets users know where to place various blocks(pieces) onto the gameboard via sillouhettes which only appear for 5 seconds say every 5 minutes lol. The game is designed to be quite annoying and frustrate users to test their patience. The flashing sillouhettes also become weaker each time they are shown, but users have the convenient option of clicking the "OK" button on the gameboard to tell the game that they are satisfied with their orientation of the blocks. The more time that the user spends playing the game = greater patience and selecting the "OK" option in say the first 5 minutes would be an indication of somebody very impatient. There was also going to be a plugin Controller to simultaneously measure blood pressure, heart rate, sweat etc and increase difficulty accordingly, but this seemed like a bit too much. What do you guys reckon?

Jonathon

Sova. fatigue measurement tool

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

Concept

My project is about measuring the environmental impact a car has on the environment.
 
My first concept is for a small portable calculator that can be purchased by prospective car buyers.
4 easily found fields are put into the system's interface - the car's manufacturer, fuel type, as well as its combined cycle fuel consumption and emissions, which can be found on the sticker of the windscreen of all new cars.  
 
The calculator then processes this data, and illuminates a light in a colour between red and green - red being an exceptionally uneconomical car and green being an exceptionally economical one.

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Measurement-Personal pressure

Hi, this is my first concept. I want to measure personal pressure-closeness to 'Limit'. This is how I come up with the shape of my device.  It is mainly glass. It has a "Squeeze"control and a reset button on the side. I was thinking about it would be better if the reset button is at the top-so you can reset it in any direction. In the morning, if you feel like you have lot of things going on, you just need to give it a big squeeze. You'll see some bubbles freely flowing around inside the device. Which means you still can relax a bit-not too much pressure going on. The device will eventually fill with lots of bubbles. The red light will be on when it can't take it anymore-to the "limit". It is just like an asthma attack or clogged arteries-when the air/blood can't flow through.
 
-Lisa

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Device

The device I've designed measures body rate (heart beat, pulse, temperature) to detect if attraction, Vibe, Truth.
As a single person going out to a club, bar, party or just out in general meeting someone can be quiet the challenge. Most single people going out in search to meet someone or hook up lack confidence or can be cautious because one doesn't know if they someone is attracted to you or feel the same way. Single people need the device to give them that little extra confidence, eliminate some of that guess work, get the ball rolling so you can move on to step two. Once you have picked something up on the radar, someone who seems like a possible candidate it is time to go talk to the person or dance with them. The device continues to guide you as you approach it can detect the loss of interest or the increase in interest. Once you take the leap of faith, conversation can be the next tricky step but with the device as your wing man you can determine weather the subject is still interested, if they are lying when you ask them if they are single nothing worse then the jealous boyfriend or girlfriend.
The belt concept been one of the ways my device could work.

Jamie.

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

Concept: How well can you hear?

Supz guys.

well this is my concept idea for my measuring device, which basically measures "how well you can hear". The device it self can be divided into two separate parts. Part A is basically a device that measures your hearing by sending different notes/ signals of sounds to your ear, then it will ask you a set of questions based on the sound you've heard, and then according to your answer the device then calculate your Hearing Age "H.A" from 1 - 80~!
Its kinda like the Brain Age game on DS ~! making it fun and playable, rather then just a boring device that tests your hearing.

Part B is a portable device that you can then dis attach from the main controller (Part A) once it had customized your hearing age according to "your" personal setting and hearing. This device can be attached onto Ipod or other Mp3 players, which will alarm or help you to adjust the sound volume on your portable music device. This device will also allow you to measure sounds around you, and will alarm you based on your personal hearing if the sounds around you are harmful to your ear / hearing.

cheerz.
Beichen :D

time management device

hi everyone,
this is my time management device. basically this device is helping people to manage their timetable.
so the user can just put the activities that they have and the due date for it.
the device will also give a couple of question in and prioritize the user activities.
it will project the activities by chart, icon for each activities or percentage, etc.
with different colours and image that the users wish.
the device is divided in 2 parts the right part can be move and it is used for projecting the keyboard.
the left part can show the chart or diagram, etc.
it has a clock function as well and it can be a camera.

this is a device that easy to carry around and with a different approach and technology used it will make people more interested and willing to play or interact with the device.

-yani-

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Concept 1: Stress Measurer

Hey Guys. Ok so i have decided to go with a stress device as my measurement product. This will incorperate two individual measurement values in order to come up with an accurate reading for ones stress level. The will include an heart rate monitor or E.C.G. (Ecocardigraph) located at the thumb (represented by the heart in the sketch) which will pick up the pulse in the thumb and produce a reading. The other measurement will be moisture content which will incorperate a vapo-meter. This determines the amount of perspiration of the body in the hand region and will then be transmitted with the E.C.G. to bring about an overall measurement for ones stress levels. Sorry these are not rendered versions, however i think it is best to get the idea across first before thinking about colour. The handle has also been developed for an ergonomic grip and feel for user-friendliness.
 
- Kieran J.

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"Good, good, good vibrations, I'm talking about good vibrations" - Beach Boys

Hi all

So after speaking with Robbie, where he clarified the input/output part of the assignment I have chosen a clearer path. Before I had ideas to use vocal, lights and vibration to stimulate the consumer to concentrate at the task at hand. The vocal aspect was going to be dealt with a voice recognition software, where a small microphone within the wristband device would receive human inputs e.g. "I'm annoyed at this work!" then the wristband would respond with a pre recorded message depending on the level of concentration. It may suggest to "take a break" or "focus". Yet once discussed it was clear that part of the measurement theme was lost because the device would act on the measurements not the consumer (the device tells you to take a break instead of you realizing based on the measurements that it's time for a break). So I have decided to drop the voice recognition idea.

I will focus on lights and vibrations. I could have a device that display the concentration levels in colours as mentioned last week in my other blog entry, red being the lowest concentration, blue the highest. So after time and concentration loss, your levels will be shown from blue and morph into red. Once red is shown a central circular light will flash, to warn the consumer of the very low concentration levels. Then it is up to them to decide what to do with this information.

I will combine a sensor, like those used in step-o-metres, to record movements. The more you move the higher concentration and vice versa.

I was also thinking to combine the lights with a vibration system that once the lowest level of concentration (red light) is activated, vibrations would 'awaken' the consumer.

The device will be worn on the wrist (if your doing work, reading, typing etc.) on your ankle or leg (if your exercising, to stimulate you to train harder) and around your waist with a belt where the device clips on (if you are sitting and you begin to slouch and lie down, will go through procedure to 'awaken' you)

I hope that is clear enough to understand!

Have fun peeps

- Chris

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Concept 1!

Hey Guys,
heres one of the concepts ive come up with for my back pain measurement/management so far. Its made from a soft stretchable fabric that wraps around the users waist below their oblique muscles (lump muscle on waist line) to prevent it slipping up. It has a venting system to stop it heating the person up to much and an adjustable velcro strap to hold it on.

The drive behind this concept is to provide a wearable device that counts the time in a still posture. It is important to change posture regulary when seated, so ive designed has a small pad at the back which rests against the bottom of the user's spine. When the person moves, the pad is pushed up and down by the spine and skin, reseting the timer. If they are still for a long period the device will then vibrate lightly alerting the user to adjust posture.

The time allowed by the alerting timer can be cusomised to suit the user s condition. They will first measure how long it takes for pain to occur in a static posture, then feed the data into the timer so in the future it will prevent them from holding posture too long and causing stiffness and/or damage.

Andrew G

"nanotechnology"

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2008/02/28/video-nokia-morph-cell-phon
e-concept-sports-extreme-flexibility-courtesy-of-nanotechnology/

Realllly cool stuff~~!!! although it isn't related to our current project "measurement" but i was thinking this might be relevant for "us" industrial design students .
the above link contains clip of this mobile device and informations based on this device ~
enjoy.
- Beichen

Breakdown for Wk 9 Concept Pin-Up

So next week you're required to present 3 (min) concepts around your chosen theme. As the requirement for this project is A3, I would expect as a minimum 3x A3 pages of work.

But what's on the pages?

-Renderings of your concepts, showing them from different angles to build a complete picture of your proposal. As I said in class, hand drawings please. Don't stress about the rendering, just add some interest with markers or other media to make your images interesting and informative.

-Annotation telling everyone how it works

-An introduction to your theme - this might be verbal - you need to tell your audience in 20seconds what you are measuring, and why this would be useful.

The aim of pinning up three concepts is so that we can select one for further work, a decision which will be made by you, your colleagues and me.

Any questions? Post as comments and I'll take a look.

Looking forward to next week, and your sketch posts this week. (Yes Jamie, I really am...)

-Robbie

Extremely late post

Sorry my post is so late iv been extremely sick and pretty much in bed all of last week.

For my Measurement Project i have decided to explore how to maintain the correct level of hydration within ones body. Water is one of our most important resources and is important that hydration is maintained purely through water with some exceptions (electrolytes) rather than soft drink and juice. The product could also be considered in the sporting industry where athletes can benefit from quick and easy to read important information about their hydration levels, changing the way the prepare and regulate water intake before, during and after sport. This could also benefit tourists who have not experienced extremely hot and humid conditions, who are unaware that they lose a lot more water through sweat, making them aware that they are losing water fast, which in turn can have prevent fainting, nausea, headaches and dizziness.

What i am measuring is the percentage of water per unit of blood which can be derived from a number of tests. The target audience can potentially be athletes, tourists as well as outdoor people who enjoy bush walking ect, however it has the potential to be bought by the average joe due to its health benefits.

Joseph 

Week 8

Can you believe it's week 8 already? Today's colour is in celebration of spring. I like spring.



The blog posts last week were great, I'm glad you were thinking about your projects, looks like we're making progress.

This week is all about concept development - some of you might be sketching, others researching, maybe still deciding. That's ok, but today's objective is for everyone to be well on the way with an idea.

I've got heaps of work to hand back as well, with marks, and some general comments to go over in class.

So all in all, a busy day! Looking forward to it

-Robbie

Measurement

Hey, so my internet hates the blog and fianlly decided to work today. My direction is to use sleepiness as my subject. I want to go with a more comical idea. I want to measure peoples yawns or something along those lines and it will indicate to the person how much sleep they need to overcome their current sleepiness etc. need to think it out more.
 
Sam

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heyyyy

know i'm fairly late, but thought i'd post up the design direction i'm taking for the second project.
as of right now, i'm looking at designing a time-management device. (go figure!)
one of the main hurdles is to actually manage time, without a host of electronics / software to do it for you. however, using mechanical means to measure/manage available time would generally require time to set up... a bit counter-intuitive.
hmmm, more ideation.

-kai

yeah, it's late...

Internet was down at home, but I'm not back in Melbourne so here it is.

My idea was for a system that could measure a persons capability to drive. By this I mean not their driving skill, so to say, but rather if their ability to drive is being hindered by fatigue, substances, etc. It would compute values from multiple inputs (body temp, heart rate, substances in perspiration, variances in grip pressure on wheel and rapid eye movement). At the moment I'm thinking that the value would be displayed in the means of a visual scale of some sort, probably using a coloured light source in an in-dash display (ie green is good & red is bad to simplify things).


Campbell

Fatigue

I'm measuring fatigue. My idea atm is to measure it in comparison to a normal person. not really sure where i'm heading, but i'm thinking of something like a device which vibrates/beeps every few hours (depending on the level of activity) to notify the user to take a 10 minute break.
So that's my idea for this week. and I know, late post but what the heck.

-Annie

Thoughts

Basicly my idea for the measurement brief is to measure the possible consintration levels in the surrounding environment so it would measur things like, light, sound distractions, smell, air quality etc.
Jason T

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Measurement Brief

My idea is not yet defined fully, in fact it has taken me quite awhile to get my head around my initial thoughts.... Sustainability is my topic I'm thinking of applying a measurement to, its either sustainability or durability I'm under sided and the functionality and purpose needs to be look at more closely.... My aim is to develop a product that measures other products and offers assistance where needed.... So when looking at sustainability in transport, fuel source, material, wear and tear (moving components), cost, damage to the environment, etc all need to be considered.

 

-Dom-

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Concept idea

hey guys i know it is very late but we have been having a few problems with the computer so actually on friends at the moment.
anyways my idea for an unconventional measuring unit is HUNGER haha

everyone gets hungry but it is the mental or physical factor which counts. i mean how many times have you eaten or wanted to purely on the basis that your bored?? i also chose this topic because of the health effects on your life if you dont eat well and because australia has recently become the most 'obese' country in the world.

so my aim is to design an easily portable, compact little machine that warns you if you are not specifically hungry and why you are hungry whether it be a mental or physical reason. i think it would also be helpful if the machine tells you to a degree how much will satisfy your craving or hunger.
so yeh there is my idea
if you have any suggestions let me know yeh??
thanks

-georgia

late late late

I know I know, I got home later than expected, but here are my thoughts anyway:

I could measure time...wasted. I'm sure we all procrastinate and waste our precious waking moments from time to time. I was thinking of a device which can politely ask us to get back to work after a certain amount of time wasted. The language used in its prompts could then become not so polite as time goes by.

Obvious users are students and...anybody who needs to get work done but can't be bothered to do it.

- Sunny

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