Family Finder clock

Oli Cook, Leigh Lacy, Catherine Johnson, Dantong Zhu, Rebecca Eelbeck

First ideasAlarm clock / digital calendar

-date/time/weather forecast.-the sound of the weather forecast or the day would wake you up on the alarm.-can change various settings to make it unique to you-itunes – change default alarm tone

Continuation from 1000 floor elevator.

-interior changes to the colour of the zone of which you enter-the zone name appears in a banner across the top of the walls in the lift

Pedometer

-show up with location on screen as soon as you enter a different location-image of the location would show on the background

Location clock

-for families with busy lifestyles-to show where each individual family member is at a certain time

-face of family member who has changes location would appear on the background of the clock-panel on the top would say exactly where they are etc

-many different locations relative to each family: each family can change the places to whatever would suit them.-plug into a computer. Software to activate it.-the locations would fade out to nothing around the location of which is chosen and pointed at. Which would make it a lot neater.

Idea sketch mock up

-central map which would change in relation to where each family member is.-showing an operating/programming panel-different general locations rather than specific ones-glass/plastic material-screen made out of LEDs

What it would need

-Easy to read information display.

-The information displayed on the family finder will have to easy to understand as it will have a wide range of users, from young children to the elderly.

-The display will have to be clear for users who may be visually impared and for the product to work as an ambient device it will have to be clear so that it is simple to use and quickly glance over at to get any information you require.

-Easy to programme interface.

-the product will have to be simple to use because otherwise the user will not want to use it.

-We’re hoping to use a similar system to that of the Find My Friends app available on iPhones which uses GPRS to locate a user and tell you where they are in the world.

How it would work

‘Find friends’ app

The collection of the different locations would all be stored in the ambient clock- as long as you had your phone with you.

If you left your phone at one place and then went off somewhere else, then your location would not be detected correctly.

Would only include the family members; no family friends etc. (unless the family wanted to, but it would defeat the purpose of a family location clock)

Security-clock turns its self off when no one appears to be at home. It will know this because of the different locations of the family.

-when a member of the family enters the house again it turns itself on; will only do this if a member of that family enters the house. If the house got broken into, then the burglar would know the exact locations of the family, but as it would not turn on unless a family member was present their locations at that time should not be shown. This will also be the same for when the family are sleeping.

Idea development

-arrows different colours.-no limit to names and arrows for the clock.

-outer interface divided into 5 generic sections. To show clearly and efficiently the different locations of people.

-made from a clear touch LED screen.

An analog style clock will feature around the inner circle of the interface to provide users with the time as well as family members locations.

-inner circle will act as a map showing the collection of different locations.

This is what would happen when a certain family member is selected. information is displayed about

their location, time and even an image of the person. A map is available with a zoom option to

help plan routes.

Example scenario.