HCI Project 2007

HCI 2 is a module at the Computer Science school at the University of Birmingham. The HCI Project 2007 blog is the place where the team will discuss ideas and processes involved in developing a 'useful piece of technology' for our target audience - children <= 11 years old.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Case: Personality Quiz Device

While I was at Toys R Us getting the plasticine for the model, I came across a pocket device aimed at girls 8+ years old that is similar to our Word Scanner. It doesn't scan words or anything like that, but it has a USB connection and makes use of a touch screen interface (using a stylus). The device is advertised as a Personality Quiz and has games and other features such as horoscopes and birthstone information.

I was tempted to buy one... so that we could look at the design of the screen and get a general idea of a product that already exists, but it was £14.99 and I'm not a girl... There are quite a few on eBay, and they usually give decent details about what it can do.

I found some images to show what I found:



More can be found out about the device at the Destiny website. On there the device can download new quizs and other functions.

The images are from an eBay seller and as the links may break to the eBay image, I made a copy and put them in the photobucket (inspiration tray).

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