Attenti Hue
Feb 2022 - June 2022 Personal Project
AttentiHue is a healthy working station designed to help users manage their well-being by subtly signaling when it's time for a micro-break through changes in color based on EEG signal. Young people are increasingly facing longer working hours and greater work pressure. Prolonged periods of overwork can lead to reduced efficiency and fatigue, ultimately harming both physical and mental health. Micro-breaks have been shown to effectively relieve the fatigue associated with long hours and high workloads, helping to improve employees' overall well-being. However, interrupting people during periods of deep focus can result in a negative experience. AttentiHue leverages EEG technology to monitor concentration levels in real time. By analyzing physiological data, the system provides gentle visual feedback through color changes, indicating when an employee is becoming overworked, and reminding them to take micro-breaks. This non-intrusive approach helps maintain both productivity and physical and mental health.
After desktop and field research, I propose a new concept of interactive desk - attentiHue, and creates a physical model for validation. AttentiHue can receive real-time concentration data from head-mounted EEG detection devices, and display the data in real time through the color change of the led strip. The data is displayed in real time by the color change of the led strip. At the same time, when the set time is reached and the user's concentration is low, the desktop vibrates to indicate the user's overworked state. Users can pick up the rest props placed in specific areas of the desktop to turn off the vibration prompts, micro-break activities between work.
USER STUDY
I made a video prototype as materials for the focus group dicussion. It contains 8 experimental and novel methods for people to relax at work time.
The focus group contains 5 office workers from the same company. After the discussion, they filled a survey relating to their opinions on the video peototype.
Participants felt that:
the continuity of work better not to be interrupted.
Sometimes get bored when faced with a fixed time prompting method.
Want to be able to relax and relieve when you are tired and in bad conditions.
Improve flexibility, personalization and free combination of work break programs.
Enrich some sound or rhythm feedback and motivation mechanism.
Sometimes get bored when faced with a fixed time prompting method.
Want to be able to relax and relieve when you are tired and in bad conditions.
Improve flexibility, personalization and free combination of work break programs.
Enrich some sound or rhythm feedback and motivation mechanism.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
Based on the results of the focus group interviews, I made several rounds of conceptual adjustments
DESIGN ITERATION
The TGAM chip sends approximately 513 packets per second via Bluetooth, the last of which contains signal, attention, meditation and 8 EEG power values. The main focus value used in the system is given by the chip's own algorithm in the 513th packet. The user's real-time concentration values can be obtained directly through the program after the device's Bluetooth connection is smooth.
First version of the prototype
Product Styling
Traditional square tabletop is difficult to coordinate desktop partitioning, lighting effects and aesthetics.
Therefore, I want to break through the cold and rational impression of traditional workstations and reflect the health care of EEG workstations for people through natural and organic forms.
Product Rendering
Prototyping Process
I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Xipei Ren for his help in this project. Due to the pandemic of Covid-19, I was unable to conduct the user study and continue my work. However, I am still looking for opportunities to take this project further.