Progressive Awakening
Enhancement of Tactual Experience of Alarm Clock
About Project
The device is a next generation alarm clock that uses gradually increasing combination of light, sound, heat and vibration to progressively wakeup the user so that he/she feels fresh and relaxed. The system is designed to produce pleasant and serene feeling in the user. The complete system is incorporated in a bed which has lights and speakers integrated into the top portion. The vibration system is integrated in the mattress and the pillow while the temperature system is integrated in the blanket and pillow. The pillow also has the LED's integrated into it. The whole system also comes with a wrist band that detects the REM sleep modes using and EEG sensor so that the user is woken up only from the light sleep (to avoid any sleep inertia).
Tactual Exploration Process
Features
About PRoject
The whole array of systems is controlled by a controller (also integrated in the bed) that communicates with all the systems (including wrist band) wirelessly. The levels of all the four systems are maintained to be within comfortable limits to the user so that the actual wake-up is a clam and relaxing experience.
This project was carried for the course tactility and the aim of which was to explore and improve the tactual experience encountered while interacting with products. The use of temperature and vibration was explored and proven by conducting different experiments.