Innovation Lab: Challenge 1 Part 2

Hands-Free Phone

The Problem: Moving my phone without physical contact. Sometimes while I’m rotting in bed, I like to prop up my phone on a pillow, blanket, or even the wall so I can watch a movie or show without using my hands. This makes it convenient for me to just enjoy what I’m watching in a comfortable position without my arm or hand going numb from holding the phone. However, just propping up the phone does not always work out. If I shift my body, the phone falls and I have to use my hands to reposition it. Or sometimes I want to turn my body over, but that means I have to hold my phone since there is no wall for the pillow to lean on and, therefore no place to prop up the phone.

HEADPIECE

BED PHONE STAND

Wake Up Call

The Problem: I’m a chronic sleeper and napper and I’m often told that I sleep like I’m dead. There was a time period for 2 years where I had 10 alarms (5 minutes apart) set on full volume and I still never woke up to any of them. Sometimes I had to be physically woken up, but even then it was just a slight tap or shake, which did not have enough impact to wake me up completely. I also have a problem with snoozing my alarms, and although I was still sleeping, I was subconsciously clicking the power button of my iPhone, which set off an emergency call to 911. Since noise and slight movements obviously don’t work, I think that a better way to wake me up would be something drastic to physically move me.

BED CLIP-ON WAKE UP CALL