Group 2

All of our project proposals seem to deal with this subject through awareness -- alarm as carrier of information rather than closed alert system.

  • BRACELET

WHO:

	-wake up with out audio
	-doesn't mind sleeping with bracelet
	-doesn't mind vibration
	-needs multiple users (choice or random)

WHAT:

	-soft, wearable, networked bracelet and pulse sensor
	-internal clock
	-temperature sensor
	-time display (for confirmation / feedback)
	-e-ink?
	-buttons?

WHY:

	-human to human connection
	-non-audio
	-warmer
	-disappear the device
	-social pressure as a mechanism for waking up

HOW:

	-flexible pcb
	-wireless
	-bluetooth
	-802.11
	-galvanic skin
	-peltier junction
	-vibrating motor

  • AROUND THE WORLD CLOCK

WHO:

	-audio heads
	-interested in waking to intimate others
	-around the world

WHAT:

	-international 
	-networked
	-automated
	-synched
	-couplings
	-audio to audio
	-1 to 1
	-stand alone
	-standard alarm clock
	-song failsafe

WHY:

	-make connections
	-social pressure
	-unique experience
	-mutual interests in waking up
	-creative authors

HOW:

	-socket connections
	-social contract 
	-ambient modulation
		-connection happens

  • FUTURE CLOCK

WHO:

	-reminds people of externals
	-timesavers
	-masochists
	-egotists

WHAT:

	-facts
	-programmable
	-stories
	-taxi cab confessions
	-story corps
	-pseudo harper's index relating to the amount of sleep you had

WHY:

	-content driven
	-juxtaposition of realities
	-wake up call
	-observe
	-update
	-connecting with others

HOW:

	-subscription
	-feed reader
	-user specific / tailored content
	-text to voice
	-automated system able to pull data from anywhere and apply time equation to tailor content and drive text to 		voice wake-up info

WHAT:

	-wireless
	-asterisk server
	-microphone
	-speaker
	-voice activated
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