Create a product to improve productivity

THE TASK

Speed up workflows
Reduce stress levels of prolonged tasking
Improve overall work efficiency

Jobs to be done

Constraints

Portable pocket-sized design
Can’t be distracting
Operate on easy interactions

The Pomodoro Timer boosts productivity by breaking work into 25 minute intervals of focus time followed by regular 5 minute breaks.

SOLUTION

Coded electronic interaction using Arduino

PROCESS

Fabricated form then CAD modeled

Rendered the product

Looking back, I learned to balance learning new skills while making progress on designing a product. Throughout this project, I learned to wire and code electronics using Arduino, explored physical human-product interactions, and 3D modeled and rendered the final form. These steps gave me a deeper understanding of both design and technology, and made the creative process much more rewarding.

Here's what I learned

EVALUATION

To make the Pomodoro interaction of 25 minutes of work followed by 5 minutes of break; 5 LED lights represent 5 minutes each make a total of 25 minute for work. Once the last LED is turned off, the lights flash telling the user to flip the timer over for break time. A tilt ball sensor detects that flip and starts the break timer for 5 minutes where each LED represents 1 minute each to make a total of 5 minute for break.

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