CAILIN O’REILLY
An experimental, playful, and open-minded Industrial Design student with a passion for sustainability.
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An experimental, playful, and open-minded Industrial Design student with a passion for sustainability.
Check out my stuff
On-Track
“Rewind to stay On-Track”
The teenagers of the 2020’s love the idea of retro technology, but they have a modern piece of technology that kills attention span and work ethic: the smart phone.
This product acts as a schedule and timer to combat the negative effects of smartphones.
Goals:
Create a product that helps teens unplug in order to stay on track in school.
15% of college students have an attention deficit disorder.
With the increasing presence of technology in society, many people struggle to regulate their screen time. This can be detrimental to productivity.
25 minute intervals are a proven effective method for working. By focusing for 25 minutes at a time, the brain does not get fatigued as quickly, and stimulation is integrated into study time.
Function
1) Write a homework schedule on the dry erase “vinyl”.
2) Place a smartphone on the weight sensor at the base of the product.
3) The weight sensor triggers a 25 minute timer in which time the user works without distraction.
4) A blacklight is also triggered which illuminates the white writing on the vinyl.
5) When the timer ends, an LED ring lights up with different colors, signaling to te user that they may now take a break.
6) These intervals repeat until the task is completed, upon which the user may rotate the vinyl to illuminate the next task.
Inspiration
Largely inspired by portable record players from the 80’s, I wanted to tie in the soft curves that often come with retro forms to make it recognizable.