Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Design Issue and Solution

This is the summary of our report on assignment 1. It will briefly touch the design issue and the solutions proposed. Further details can be found in the report itself.

Two interfaces selected are tangible and shareable interface.

Figure 1: Tangible Interface

Design issue(s) faced : 

Safety :
1. Materials to be used to make the snake
2. How to safely hide the power supply

Affordance:
1. How to attract the infant to the shape

Solution:

Safety:
1. Use soft materials like cottons and cloths.
2. Use a 5 cm mat with soft inner to conceal the wiring

Affordance:
1. Use light and sound with the shape to attract infant


Figure 2: Shareable Interface

Design issue(s) faced:

Feedback:
1. How to keep players interested after finishing a game

Safety:
1. How to ensure that the shooting ball does not hit the players
2. How to position players to minimize the probability of getting hurt.

Solution:

Feedback
1. Keep a score system to allow players to continually challenge each other

Safety:
1. Elevate the sides of the game table and limit the power of the shooting gun and use heavier materials to prevent the shooting ball from bouncing
2. The snake players should be allowed to control the snake remotely and not stand right in front of the shooting gun to reduce probability of injury.