4th year Honours Project
Interaction Design
My 4th year honours project is based around re-designing the Engine Warning Light. The project began last year and focused largely on researching drivers, and the way they react and understand current engine warning lights. Since then, I’ve developed the idea of using the user’s phone as the main focus for interaction in the center of the steering wheel. A pulsating heart design reflects the current health status of the car, along with gaming-like vibrations running through the steering wheel. For example, the worse the problem, the more intense the heart will pulsate and the steering wheel will vibrate. Honda have shown interest and provided me with some support in the form of parts from a Honda CRZ. The technology I’ve been working with revolves around an arduino, with processing and of course the iPhone development SDK. This project is still ongoing, so please make a visit to the blog below to see how things are progressing.
