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After further discussion and deliberation with the participant and amongst the group, the agenda, live picture frame and recipe assistant robot were chosen to be developed further for workshop 3. This would give the participant a better idea of how the products would look and behave as well as a chance for him to give feedback and suggest changes. These concepts are discussed here.
Concept 1: Agenda
Concept 1: Agenda
The agenda concept would consist of an agenda phone application that would be connected to a smartwatch.
The agenda application will be used to input his appointments. The default iPhone agenda application the participant uses now will be used as a reference to the style and layout of the application that will be developed for him. The main changes would be a removal of all the unnecessary bells and whistles in the application that he does not use, and then emphasize and improve the ease of use of the features he does use in the application such as automatically calculating travel time.
The smartwatch would be used to remind him of appointments through audible and visual cues as well as vibrations. The application on the watch could show the time, a countdown to the next appointment, information on the first upcoming appointment, and an overview of the appointments of the day and week. It could also have some additional features such as an alarm, weather, and receiving messages. The watch would be designed to match his style; so a rounded square with limited buttons and a sleek but classic look.
Concept 2: Task list recorder
Concept 2: Task list recorder
The task list recorder was developed from the cooking assistant robot as it was found that the concept of reading out tasks to the participant would be useful for numerous applications. The recorder would consist of a microphone, speaker and multiple buttons to trigger individual actions, and it would be linked to his phone.
Before the participant can use the device to assist with tasks, he must record each step individually at the pace he would like to use later. This reduces the chances of being overloaded with too much information at once. These steps can then be saved to his phone wirelessly.
Then, when the participant wants to perform a task that may be hard for him, he can select the task from his phone. He can ask to “begin” and it will read out the first step. Other commands could include ‘next’, ‘back’, ‘repeat’ and more if needed. The look and feel of the recorder should be intuitive and match the style of his house.
Concept 3: Live picture frame
Concept 3: Live picture frame
The final concept direction is a live picture frame that displays pictures the participant and his friends and family have uploaded. It would cycle through these pictures slowly for the participant to catch a glimpse of a memory he may have forgotten. It also behaves as a mood booster.
The design could include some buttons to skip past or go back to certain photos. Furthermore, it should, again, match the style of his house so that it does not grab the participants' attention all the time but when it does, it is a nice gesture.
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