chris a.

wronski

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Interactive Product Design | Spring 2010 | Project Proposal
 let me tell you about my arduino project.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 it’s called mama.
and that’s what the box it’s in looks like.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 mama likes to make sure you’re taking breaks.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 !
health safety creative genius

there are many benefits to taking breaks.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 Using accelerometers, an
Australian study found that
people who took breaks from
sedentary time had shown signs
that correlated with decreased
metabolic risks.

Diabetes Care

health

mama a device that enforces break time.

 Rest is a key component in
ensuring the performance of the

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musculoskeletal system.
Frequent breaks can decrease the
duration of a task and help lower
the exposure to ergonomic injury
risk.

Stanford University

safety

mama a device that enforces break time.

 Neuroscientists examining how
the human brain solves problems
can confirm that experiencing a
creative insight hinges on the
ability to synthesize connections
between seemingly disparate
things. A key factor of which is
time away from the problem.

Open Forum

creative genius

mama a device that enforces break time.

 my project revolved around ways
to facilitate diverse behavior.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 especially when we’re buried deep in work
and forget to care about ourselves.

mama a device that enforces break time.

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conversation competition caring reward

a variety of motivators and

metaphors were explored.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 but these solutions were too heavy.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 !?!

mama doesn’t care about your wireframes.

you need to go outside right now.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 the end result is brutally simple.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 a break is referred to as “going outside.”
meaning, walking in outdoor light.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 if you don’t take a break within a
one hour window on your own...

mama a device that enforces break time.

 mama yells at you.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 and doesn’t stop yelling until
you’ve satisfied break time.

mama a device that enforces break time.

 it’s embarrassing, annoying, and scary.

mama a device that enforces break time.

prototype
mama a device that enforces break time.
prototype
mama a device that enforces break time.
 the components

mama a device that enforces break time.

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Z X

3 axis accelerometer

mama a device that enforces break time.

 photoresistor

mama a device that enforces break time.

 deathnoise generator

mama a device that enforces break time.

 if(motion < 5 &&
analogRead(light) < 370){

breakneed = true;
makenoise = true;
if(makenoise == true )
{
digitalWrite(speaker, HIGH);
}
else
{ digitalWrite(speaker, LOW); }

goTo(0);
LCD.print("Mama Says... ");
delay(1000);

über awesome code

mama a device that enforces break time.

 video

mama a device that enforces break time.