The first project was to sketch a potential final project. I have been thinking about a final project for some time now.
From the start I thought about making my project environmental, promote mental or physical health and make it useful.
All around me, including myself, there are people who spend too much time sitting, both at work and at home. I thought about my father who sits all day at work and has a lot of back problems
and I also thought about my boyfriend and brothers that spend all their free time sitting in front of a computer and how it is just a matter of time when their backs give up.
After Frosti told me about weight sensors I had my first idea to make a chair that would detect when someone is sitting in it.
It would then vibrate or send a notification to an app on your phone when you have been sitting for too long.
I would then like the app to have easy practices for your back, joints and other parts of your body
that may be sore after sitting for too long.
After thinking about it and talking to my family and friends about the project I have come to the realisation that making a cover of some sort to put over the chair
or a pillow to put in the chair, that would have the same function as the chair, would be a better idea.
Both my brother and my boyfriend agreed that they already have a good chair and would not buy a chair for this function but would buy a cover or a pillow to put in the chair.
I would also like the cover to have sensors on a few spots that you should be touching when sitting correctly and it would send a notification if you are not sitting right.
I am also thinking about making lights that would change colour when you have not moved for a long time,
so it would start green, then turn yellow after some amount of time and then turn red when it has been to long.
I would also like to make the app a little better, putting in some information about ergonomics.
I am also planning to talk to a physiotherapist about how long he thinks is too long to stay sitting down, what practices he thinks would be best to do
and if he has some information about ergonomics that he thinks are useful.
I do want my project to be made from used material and be recyclable. Frosti had the idea to use old jeans and harden them
instead of using plastics which I think is a very fun idea and can not wait to try out.
I hope I will get more ideas about how I can make this project more environmental.
Here you can see more about the final project.