Midterm Project Proposal
Team members:
Sydney Mayes, Liliana Chavez, Anthony Suen, Pin-i Chen, Wooklee@berkeley.edu
Tangible to Digital Notes Pen Tool
Improving note-taking and organization, making collaboration and note-sharing easier
Notes and doodles on paper remain superior recording devices due to their natural feel. Meanwhile sharing physical notes onto a collaborative digital platform remains difficult today. We propose a digital pen with a camera that allows for words and pictures to be copied and manipulated onto an iPad via natural copy, drag, and drop motion. This allows for much greater precision and control in adjusting various hand drawn elements on an iPad. Once on the iPad, the drawn can be manipulated so that they can easily be merged and interact with one another.
Enhancing the Cooking Environment
Many people find cooking a daunting and time-consuming task. We propose new interface and tools that can help anyone follow recipes easily when preparing dishes. This tool would demonstrate that cooking does not have to be hard and the interaction with the computer could make the task more fun. Our idea is to stick sensors underneath the containers of ingredients, (e.g. salt, spices, flour). A computer/tablet could then guide the user through the recipe step by step with audio instructions. It keeps track of which ingredients have already been added to the dish by detecting movements of the containers with sensors. Different gestures such as tapping ingredient containers on the counter will elicit a response from the tablet as to whether the user has already added the ingredient.
Increasing Physical Activity in the Workplace
The sedentary workplace lifestyle is known to increase risks for many many health problems. We would like to come up with a way that would encourage people to stand up from their chairs and even do short exercises periodically throughout a typical 9-5 work day. One way to tackle this problem is through designing an automated rising table and a seat with sensors that detect prolonged sitting. Users can program the desk to rise at particular times throughout the day or simply raise it whenever they want to stand. The seat could vibrate or indicate in some way to the user that they have been sitting for too long and should probably take a short walk to get blood flowing or change to a standing position.
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