Application Lab

This course covered content different from what I thought we would cover, but I found what I have learned to be quite interesting and valuable. I think I went into this course thinking that we would learn more about interfaces and work on UI/UX design, and instead we learned about the differences between UI and … Continue reading Application Lab Final Blog

This week my group worked on our final presentation. Last week, we were told that our presentation had too much text on the slides and that we would need to break that down and tell a story. My group also needed to adapt our product to be more marketable. The base product of a syringe … Continue reading Week 4: Final Presentation

This week my team decided on a direction to take for the challenge. Previously, we emulated visual impairment by blindfolding ourselves in the morning and going through our routine without sight. In this process, we followed our memory of the space and routine to get through the morning. We were also able to observe some … Continue reading Week 3: Idea Directions, What will your Team Tackle?

I found the reading this week to be very interesting. I have been interested in assistive technology such as prosthetics in the past, but I never considered how it may or may not be necessary. I think Britt offers a alternative solution to her limblessness by consider how we can make the environment more accomodating … Continue reading The Lows of High Tech

For my group, we decided to focus on the issue of visual impairment. To emulate visual impairment, my group decided that we would all put on a blindfold upon waking up. After putting on the blindfolds, we would try and do our usual morning routines without our eyesight. The night before, we would take time … Continue reading Future Selves! Week 2: Empathy Tool and Research Results.

The particular issue that I have identified is memory loss. I thought that the topic for this challenge was interesting because it seems the topic of and the issues of aging enjoys showing up in many aspects of my current life. One of those being experience studio, where our topic is shaping the future of … Continue reading Future Selves! Week 1: Empathy Tool Development and Research

I thought that this concept was really interesting. I wasn’t sure how we might eliminate screen from our daily life and never quite knew just how many of the apps on our phones can be completed without the use of the screen. One of the speakers talks about the grouping of UI and UX and … Continue reading Designing for a world without screens

I decided to change my concept for my project since last week. Rather than focusing on waking up and checking notifications, I considered the place of a book nook in terms of reading. When reading, it can be easy to get involved to the point where you loose track of time, and notifications can also … Continue reading Ambient Interfaces Week 3

I found the article about hidden interfaces for ambient computing to provide interesting information as to how we might begin to make better develop an environment using ambient technology. The article reminded me of one of my phone cases that uses lights to display the time or an icon of some sort when I close … Continue reading Hidden Interfaces for Ambient Computing and Little Signals

Last week, in my blog post I discussed the experience I go through every morning involving the various alarms and notifications on my smart watch. This week, I am tasked to think of an ambient interface that can replace one or more of the interactions I have with my watch. One idea I had for … Continue reading Ambient Interfaces Week 2