Redesign student ID card, UAL
People who suffer from panic attacks are often too embarrassed to ask for help. They also experience the constant fear that their panic attack is actually a heart attack and they are about to die. I decided to redesign UAL ID card to alleviate the social and personal stress experienced by panic attack sufferers.
Concept: New ID card that detects an irregular heartbeat of UAL students and launches to help the panic attack patient to cope with the situation. It also sends a notification to other users with instructions on how they can help."
New ID card: that passively monitors user’s stress levels through the day, and utilises integrated pulse sensor with Circuit playground express to help relax via biofeedback.
Biofeedback in use: Integrated live wallpapers display stress levels and offer biofeedback to the user, watching themselves become less stressed as the wallpapers change. For added stress-relief, included breathing exercises consisting of morphing organic shapes can be offered at peak stress time.
A tech solution for mental health with focus on anxiety and depression of UAL students.
IDEA:
Interactive design can rethink a wide range of problems today since its works act as mediators not only between an artist and a viewer but are also able to include those phenomena and objects in the dialogue, the nature of which is problematised. Every UAL student has its own ID card with a unique number and photo on it which allows not only access the university but also the class, workshops, libraries, canteen and so on. My idea was to re-design ID card, so students would be able to use it as a personal tool to manage their stress level in real time. A tech solution for mental health with a focus on anxiety and depression of UAL students.
Interactive design can rethink a wide range of problems today since its works act as mediators not only between an artist and a viewer but are also able to include those phenomena and objects in the dialogue, the nature of which is problematised. Every UAL student has its own ID card with a unique number and photo on it which allows not only access the university but also the class, workshops, libraries, canteen and so on. My idea was to re-design ID card, so students would be able to use it as a personal tool to manage their stress level in real time. A tech solution for mental health with a focus on anxiety and depression of UAL students.
CONCEPT:
Every student has their own student ID card, so I decided to modify it in a way that students can use it to manage their stress level (in real time).
Every student has their own student ID card, so I decided to modify it in a way that students can use it to manage their stress level (in real time).
1. Any changes in the person’s heartbeat are visualised by different colours on the watch screen, so the person can track his emotional/ heart health.
2. When the heartbeat too Low/High, the watch will automatically visualise it on the screen, and tell you instructions on what to do next, e.g. breath deeply or call a doctor. Potentially, you can connect this student ID card to your phone, so it will send an automatic text to your friends, saying that you are feeling unwell.
2. When the heartbeat too Low/High, the watch will automatically visualise it on the screen, and tell you instructions on what to do next, e.g. breath deeply or call a doctor. Potentially, you can connect this student ID card to your phone, so it will send an automatic text to your friends, saying that you are feeling unwell.
Figure 1: Prototype ID watch. Circuit playground express is connected to the pulse sensor, and through the Arduino code the heart beat can be visualised on the screen. Heart beat data visualised through abstract colour animation.
The watch screen has been designed to be simple enough to operate in a state of panic, and even in the dark, thanks to a built-in light. When in the user’s hand, the sensor (pulse sensor) picks up on their heart rate and mimics it through a softly glow- ing light animation and a slight pulsing sensation (Circuit playground express).
Figure 2: Student ID card, prototype. Circuit playground express simulates the colour of an animation on the watch, it shows hue colour from 10 to 256.
Turn Quantitative data into Qualitative through the aesthetic of colour. When the heartbeat too Low/ High, the watch will automatically visualise it on the screen, and tell you instructions on what to do next, e.g. breath deeply or call a doctor.
Also, it will help other people to see if the person is feeling unwell, so they can help straight away or simply ask if you are alright. In this way, it’s not a personal data anymore, it inspires students to help each other: Social engagement. I wanted people to talk about their mind the same way we talk about our body. Sharing experiences and insights are so powerful in normalising the conversation.
You can personalise the colours on your ID watch for your heart beat as well as customise push notifications, for example, ‘go for a walk’, ‘eat something you love’, ‘limit social media’, ‘write a to-do list’, ‘spend time doing what you love’. Such simple steps would allow students to manage their stress level.
Figure 3: Different colours on the screen visualises changes in your heart beat during the day. According to your heart beat, the correct colour will appear on your watch screen. An Idea is that the device would ease an anxiety
through the use of light.
Figure 4: New student ID card is currently at prototype stage. At this point, the device is a concept, but we designed it with technologies and components in mind that are currently in development or being tested in labs and research centres.
Components: Adafruit circuit playground express, Battery pack, 3D printed strap (FLEX material), Pulse Sensor, UAL Scanning Code.
