McKenzie Ellis Professor Cohrs Interactive Media Sept 15 2014
Problem Statement: Waking up sucks. Productivity drops significantly when you are focused on going back to sleep. Wake & Think is an alarm application that uses simple brain exercises and equations designed to make you think hard enough that you won’t fall back asleep. (And if you get the question wrong, or take too long, the alarm continues to ring.) User Profile: Working individuals, students, anyone with a set schedule and places to be. It will increase productivity, alertness, quicker thought processing. It is designed with a simple, clean, simple graphic interface. Issues that may arise are difficulty of the brain puzzles, but can be solved with two or three different “difficulty” settings. Proposed Solution: Features - various alarm sounds - wake up time setting - vibration on/off - flashing light on/off - Easy / Medium / Hard - Snooze (?) Prototype: