More Ideas

Later on after the initial meeting, Elliot, John and I thought of 3 more possible design ideas:

1. A tool to monitor medication intake so it is easy for children to remember when to take it, for example an adapted inhaler to warn the child when they have taken the maximum prescribed.
2. A sports training system utilising similar technology to that of the Nintendo Wii, allowing the child to learn and simulate the basic reflexes required for certain sports. This piece of technology could be used in schools to teach P.E.
3. An application that simulates a child's desktop for a PC, allowing the child to easily learn how to use a computer by using bright colours and basic text, with all complexities well hidden.

These can be discussed further at the next meeting.

Admin: Meeting 1 Summary

Attendants:

Ashley Harris
Elliot Hyde
Mark Mitchell
John Saunt
Adele Tyler

As it was the our first meeting we obviously struggled to think of worthwhile project ideas, however we did come up with some areas that might be worth pursuing/researching further. A summary of the main points we came up with:

1. Healthy eating/living is a current trend, perhaps it would be possible to develop a piece of technology that can assist children to make healthy decisions.
2. An educational tool that can be used in conjunction with school work.
3. Perhaps we could target minority groups (as suggested by the article Elliot posted) such as dyslexics, disabled children, blind, deaf etc.
4. Tool/application should make good use of colour to appeal to children.