Caraclock is a device designed to enhance family connections by allowing users to interact with personal and family pictures. Caraclock has two modes: a standalone and a synchronized mode. These two modes aim to give agency to users to interact with their memories on their own and share them with others if they synchronize with other Caraclocks.
Hardware:
1 Raspberry Pi 4
3 Analog Potentiometers
1 Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
3.5 in Display
Wires
2 push buttons
1 rocker switch
Extended GPIO Female Header - 2x20 Pin
Case:
the case is 3D printed
Tag personal and group pictures using a web application
Add images to a Caraclock device
Standalone Mode: Use the knobs to change pictures and select the time when the photos were taken
Synchronized Mode: Synchronize the display based on the synchronization mode selected by the main device
Contributors:
Hira Karim (Spring 2024)
Belen Saavedra (Spring 2024/Spring 2025)
YoungSoon Takei (Spring 2025)
Original Paper:
Daisuke Uriu, Naruhiko Shiratori, Satoru Hashimoto, Shuichi Ishibashi, and Naohito Okude. 2009. CaraClock: an interactive photo viewer designed for family memories. In CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA '09). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 3205–3210. https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520458