Friday, 13 June 2014

Concept cards

Skill testing Vending Machine

IN BRIEF
Theses :
"Our modern built environment deskills its inhabitants".
This concept is representing how modern built devices are making people lazy, dependent on them and losing their basic skills.
This concept focuses on calculation skills but also evoke people’s reflection on how people are becoming more and lazy and dependent on these modern built environments. For this pictures of Homer Simpsons are used with some others.
DESCRIPTION
This Installation will look like a drinks vending machine and give away free drinks if user answers 20 simple calculation questions in 60 sec.
He is allowed to make only one error and will have three chances at a free cold drink.
It will be voice activated that mean one member of the team has to be in inside and he will use an Iphone camera looking at the user from the inside. Once a member of the team sees a user coming to the machine he greets them and tells them the rules of the game and gives them the game in Ipad to play.
After they successfully answer all the questions they will win themselves a free drink.
Context of use

We will use this in public places like Shopping centres and bus stops, where there are vending machines.

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