Thursday, 29 December 2016

OUGD601 COP: MAKING BORING TASKS/TECHNOLOGY MORE FUN TO DO/INTERACTIVE

Baby Banana

Baby Banana is a company producing flexible tooth brushes and teethers for children. Their designs include the Baby Banana, their initial idea which the company is named after, EleFriend Toddler Toothbrush and Sharky Brush teether.

These fun toothbrushes and teethers help make teeth brushing time more fun as they get to play with their tooth brush time friend, and also a lot safer as the flexible design bends in their mouth, making it a lot harder for them to hurt themselves whilst brushing their teeth (this was what initially sparked this idea and company).

This is a great idea to make teeth brushing time more fun and interactive for children, making it into an extension of play, whilst also getting them to brush their teeth in the first place, getting them used to the idea that this should be a very regular activity. This could lead to children taking more care of brushing their teeth in adult and teen years as they associate teeth brushing time as a fun, positive experience rather than a chore due to their positive experiences earlier in life.





Pure Gear phone cases

Pure Gear created a series of phone cases with traditional games embedded into the backs, allowing for the gaming experience to extend beyond your phone into a more physical form, without the added inconvenience of having two products.

This is an innovative yet very contemporary way of making phone cases more interactive, and could persuade children to stop starting at their phone screens playing Angry Birds or Candy Crush and play a game that was probably similar to something their parents would of played, which can be just as addictive but requires more thought and skill.



These two examples of turning technology and boring tasks into more fun, interactive activities has been really beneficial, as it has shown me contemporary ways of doing this, especially in the use of bold, bright colours, which I think is really essential to capturing a child's initial attention.

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