The Woke | Chapter 1

Introduction

The Woke is a project that my friend, again Woei Yih, and I are working on for a school project.

For this project we are designing a smart alarm clock that is not really what you would call, "typical". It aims to improve the overall waking up experience of the user, while solving the problem of excessive snoozing, and also promoting a healthy lifestyle.

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Features

The alarm clock that we are designing is a physical one with buttons and whatnot. However, it can be paired with your smartphone to create an interface for adjusting all kinds of settings on the alarm clock, improving the UI by giving the user the option to not have to mess with pesky buttons on a physical alarm clock.

Now for my favourite bit :D

Exercise Trial

Once the alarm clock starts ringing, the user has to perform customisable exercises before the alarm will stop ringing. This trial aims to help users create a habit of exercising every morning. It also aims to "wake" your body by stimulating your muscles when you awake.

By using a camera that recognises certain exercise movements, the alarm clock continues ringing until the user completes a certain number of reps of a certain type of exercise (e.g. push-ups, sit-ups, etc.)

For our prototype, we decided to go with something simpler - jumps.

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In addition to the exercise trial, users may choose to add on more trials if they so wish, such as the ones below. Each trial is meant to gradually "wake" the user, until complete "woke"-ness is finally achieved. ☆w☆

Physical Trial

This trial also aims to "wake" your body by stimulating your muscles when you awake, but less intense than the exercise trial.

For now, we have come up with one physical trial, which we call, "Shaker".

The aptly named trial involves 2 things. A remote which the user will shake, and a "Shake Bar" on the alarm clock display, which the user has to fill.

While the user is shaking the remote, the bar fills up at a constant rate. However, when the user stops shaking the remote, it depletes at 1.5x the rate it fills up at. Once it fills up all the way, the trial is completed.

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Mental Trial

This trial is aimed to help you "wake" your mind by stimulating your brain.

We've come up with a few ideas for mental trials, but here is our favourite one.

This trial involves 2 things as well; 2 buttons on the same remote as the one used in the Shaker, and a "woke" mind to clear the trial.

Once the trial starts, the alarm clock display will present the user with a simple math equation. The user is required to solve it, and then press the button that number of times.

For example, the clock shows 2+7. The user will calculate in their head that the answer is 9, and proceed to press the button 9 times in succession. After pressing the confirmation button, this is counted as 1 equation solved. A few more equations or so (this number can be customised), and the trial is completed.

~End Trial~

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We will be working on this project over the next 2 months or so, and will be posting updates on our progress along the way, so do stay tuned if you're interested in what's to come! ^_^