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SpineSaver
Group Project in User-Centered Design, UW HCDE
Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014
Project Goals:
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Bring about self-awareness of one's posture and long-term effects
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Address and alleviate back discomfort from sitting at a computer for an extended period of time with poor posture
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Design a product that is not invasive to one's activities on their computer while still meeting their needs.
My Contribution:
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User Study - Observation, Data Analysis
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Ideatation - Idea Sketching, brainstorming
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Usability Testing
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Prototype Design - Paper Prototype, Axure Prototype
Process
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User Research - Observation, Interviews, Survey
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Data Analysis - Segmentation, Personas
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Ideate - Idea Sketching, Brainstorming, Idea Selection
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Paper Prototyping
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Usability Testing with 3 users
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High-Fidelity Prototype with Axure
Solution
SpineSaver is a desktop widget that helps to improve users’ posture by showing mirroring avatar on screen.
Main Features:
1. An avatar that mimics the user's posture
2. Health advice tailored to the user's habits
3. Subtle cues to indicate posture and length of time in position
4. Tracks sitting habits to provide graphs and data to the user
 Good PostureWith green background |  Bad PostureWith yellow background and black dots indicating the length of time in bad posture |
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 Worst postureWith red background and blinking dots |  Full Screen ModeDetailed information and graphs about the user's posture. |
Output and deliverables
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Research Report
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3 Personas
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High-Fidelity Prototype using Illustrator and Axure
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Final Presentation
 Team SpineSavers |  Research Topic Brainstorming |
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 User Interview |  Personas |
 Brainstorming for solutions |  Sketching |
 Paper prototyping |  Paper Prototype |
 Usability Testing |
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