Evaluation

Wireless Blood Pressure Wristband

Evaluation

Prototype
To show how the device would perform the functions I created a prototype using Adobe Flash. I used one of the designs of the device which has grey pattern on it and tried to make it look as if the device is in user’s hand.
The user is to click on the shape of the device to open it up and press the on/off button to turn the machine on. The device shows the logo on the start up screen and then user walks through the stages of the menu. I have thought of it as if the machine was in my hand and how I would use it. The functionality of the device is very user friendly and to its simplest form.
Overall the prototype gives the look and feel of the product and how it would work.

Design
To design the device for this project I set myself a number of tasks before finalizing the way it should look.
I thought of it as if I was going to actually make the device and what stage it would go through as a publisher and designer. The stages were shown as a part of my second assignment for this module where I started off with the technical side of the device. The functionality and the steps the device would make the user follow. The symbols the maintenance, the precaution the way it performs the results and every little aspect of it.

The final design shape of the WBP device. The final shape came after a research of shapes suitable to be worm.
Reference to Assignment 2 Sketch book.

Then I followed it along the designing stages, the initial step was the shape of the device. Then the font and where on the device the buttons should appear.



How the wrist band works......
The inflation button makes the bar fill with air which puts pressure to the pulse and the blood pressure is taken.

I spent quite a long time on designing the graphics of the device. Also looked at the material that would best suit the device for various reasons such as the fabric is highly flammable material and so on. For the final look I designed 6 different styles/genre of the device, giving the patient choice to pick their style, did similar for the wristbands. Every style has a reason behind it, like the colours and pattern. For example purple colour for ladies and blue and grey for men.

The final Six designs for the device.

Final Twelve designs for the wristbands.


Logo for the WBP Device.Took the logo through several stages to see which one suits the best for my product. A few changes make a lot of difference the way audience may look at the product, having a background in graphic helped me a lot for this project and I feel as if I covered every feature for developing my chosen proposal/device (apart from the money it would cost).

Logo for the WBP Device.

Achievable Improvements
The machine could have an option of customizing it and to make it more striking it could some simple games as an option, which would surely attract the customers.

Proposal
The proposal was to create a device which would let the patience but independent and would save the time of nurses/doctors. Though the device was to only take the blood pressure results but little things make a lot of difference in life.
This technology was to benefit the hospitals in following ways:

Ø Alerts the doctor at emergency times
Ø Keeps the doctor up to date
Ø Easier way of communication
Ø Fast way of sending the present information/situation of a patient
Ø No hassle for appointments or waiting for a doctor
Ø Regular and convenient way of check up
Ø Easy to use and handle
Ø Confidential
Ø Time saving for doctor and the patient

Thought similar devices exist but they are based on different technologies, such as Bluetooth. My proposal is based on using the blood pressure machine with a pager, as pagers are very familiar to the hospitals for number of years.

On the whole I think the proposal is original and realist. I do see a scope of such a device.

Final Designs

Final Designs for the Device

Final Designs for Wristband

Logo

Flow Chart

Data Base

Sketch book

My set Criteria/categories for the project are as following::
-Idea
-Designing
-Colour research
-Coding
-Visual research
-Visuals of outcome
-Method
-Networking
-Technology that already exists
-How will they work together?
-Material
-Addition
-Bibliography
I think I have hit my list of tasks I planned to achieve for this module.

Interactivity

Menu Mode of the Device and Inflation Wristband

Exhibitions

I spend the day in Central London visiting a few places.

1. The Curve – Barbican

The curve was purely and interactive project. The curve was based on several projections and all of them had sets of speaker which were playing different radio stations. As soon as one would walk in front of the screen the system could define the figure and draw a red line around the shadow of one on the screen. Depending on how close one was to the screen or walking in a direction left to right/ right to left, the radio stations changed. Several people could walk into one screen but then I don’t know how that would work as there weren’t many people around for me to see how the radio stations would crash into each other all at the same time.

2. Under Scan – Trafalgar Square

Because I went to Trafalgar Square around 4-5pm so I didn’t get a very good video of the work that was displaying there. As there was still some sunlight around, and the work was based on projections on the ground, the movement in the video can’t be seen properly. I personally feel that the projection is of a saved film/ clip that keep on repeating rather than it being interactive with the movement around cause by humans walking on the ground.

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - Haunch of Venison London

3. Rafael Lozano-Hemmer - Haunch of Venison London


Less Than Three




The gallery only exhibiting 7 pieces of work held a very attractive interactive art work. It was based on light and sound. You would say a word into a telecom and lights would turn on and go round in their designed shape and then you would hear the word back but with a different pitch of volume.
It was called ‘Less Than Three’ and described as LED strips, 2 intercoms, computer dimming racks.


Pulse Tank


This was a tank that contained water in a dark room described as Ripple tank, heart rate sensors, solenoids, computer, spotlight, custom software and hardware, pump and chlorine.
The tank hand sensors around it which detected the heart beat rate and made ripples in water according to it.

4. Lisson Gallery – Edgeware Road.
The Gallery was under maintenance so I couldn’t have a look at the work the gallery was holding.

Mock ups

Initial Designs