ALARM CLOCK: THE WAKING UP EXPERIENCE
By: Tarz, Cathy, Humyra & Lindsay
For project one, we decided to discuss the role of an alarm clock in our daily lives. It is something that we all interact with first thing in the morning, even thought it may not be the most pleasant way interaction. As times changed, technology changed and as technology changed, we now have various kinds of alarm clocks around us that can be categorized as Analog, Digital, Cell Phone & the most recent Computer.
As discussed in class, every design has two approaches: Systematic and Interactive.
Under systematic approach, we in short discussed the workings of an alarm clock. The following diagram summarizes the process.
Applied Design Principles:
Now that was the systematic approach, coming to the objective of this project: the interactive approach. So, we decided to analyze the whole process of the interaction.
Where does the interaction start and finish?
The interaction starts with the person setting and putting alarm on at night. The interaction stops there but does not end, it restarts in the morning when the alarm is turned off. Even though there is this huge gap in the process, the actual interaction time lasts only for approximately 10 minutes that too in the case if person snoozes for couple of times.
Points of Interaction: How the design directs the interaction?
As indicated in the diagram above, there are only limited number of functions that can be performed in the alarm clock, therefore only a limited number of points of interaction:(Most often used- blue italicized)
Poll Results:
We also conducted a poll in order to find about the preference of people for a certain type of clock and "Snooze" function.The results are as follows.
What kind of Alarm clock do you prefer?
Do you prefer "snooze" or no?
What goes wrong most often?
We realized that most common problems occur due to human behaviour, that can not be unfortunately improvised. But we still came up with a solution that might help overcome some issues.
SPEAKERS FOR ALAR
M CLOCK: Your waking up buddy
When the speakers are hooked up to the alarm clock, the "snooze button" automatically shifts to a single repeated setting and will not ring more than once. The volume and the bass from the speakers will make sure that you do not sleep in, and in case of heavy sleepers the constant ringing of the alarm,that can only be turned off from the speaker controls, will have to get up in order to turn the alarm off.
Its an easy and inexpensive solution to a very costly problem.
As discussed in class, every design has two approaches: Systematic and Interactive.
Under systematic approach, we in short discussed the workings of an alarm clock. The following diagram summarizes the process.
Applied Design Principles:
Now that was the systematic approach, coming to the objective of this project: the interactive approach. So, we decided to analyze the whole process of the interaction.
Where does the interaction start and finish?
The interaction starts with the person setting and putting alarm on at night. The interaction stops there but does not end, it restarts in the morning when the alarm is turned off. Even though there is this huge gap in the process, the actual interaction time lasts only for approximately 10 minutes that too in the case if person snoozes for couple of times.
Points of Interaction: How the design directs the interaction?
As indicated in the diagram above, there are only limited number of functions that can be performed in the alarm clock, therefore only a limited number of points of interaction:(Most often used- blue italicized)
- Snooze: "Snooze" in the morning
- Minute
- Hour
- On/Off: To turn the alarm on at night and off in the morning
- LCD
- Time Set
- Alarm Set: Set the alarm for the desired time
- Cord
Poll Results:
We also conducted a poll in order to find about the preference of people for a certain type of clock and "Snooze" function.The results are as follows.
What kind of Alarm clock do you prefer?
Do you prefer "snooze" or no?
What goes wrong most often?
•The batteries run out
•In case of cell phones, the alarm is set but forget to turn it on or put the phone off from silent mode.
•Sleep in- Thanks to our friend SNOOZE!!
•Volume not high enough
•Set the alarm to PM instead of AM or vice versa (in cell phone)
Our proposal for improvements:
We realized that most common problems occur due to human behaviour, that can not be unfortunately improvised. But we still came up with a solution that might help overcome some issues.
SPEAKERS FOR ALAR
M CLOCK: Your waking up buddy
•Only one snooze!!
•Loud enough to knock you down from the bed
•No sleep in guarantee!!
•Off switch on the speaker so you will have to get up :)
When the speakers are hooked up to the alarm clock, the "snooze button" automatically shifts to a single repeated setting and will not ring more than once. The volume and the bass from the speakers will make sure that you do not sleep in, and in case of heavy sleepers the constant ringing of the alarm,that can only be turned off from the speaker controls, will have to get up in order to turn the alarm off.
Its an easy and inexpensive solution to a very costly problem.
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