A Window To Your GardenIMT 540 Human-Center Interactive Design

Helen KreslKang-Suo HuangJosiah JohnsonMayuko Masuda

Yuling Zhou

How does it work?

Sensors are placed in every corner of the garden, they collect data of the garden andtransit it to the mobile device

PH value

Moisture value

Plant quantity and maturity level

Insect

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Features and Interactive Interface

• Map your garden• Garden network• Food management• Remote control

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Food Management

Manage food planted in your garden

Exchange food with others

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Contextual Inquiry-needfinding

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Scenarios, Personas, Metaphors, Ideation

Metaphors: databasecommunity simulator

window landscape designer

assisstant peace of mindarchitect security camerahand analystfriend/companion forecasterteacher nutritionistmarket connectionsensor containersystem remote controllibrary gardener

Brainstorm

knowing when your friends are gardening

social networking component

sunlight discoverysensors can create a map of sort to keep track of what areas are getting the most

sunlight

used to help you decide where to plant a new plant

maybe also something that stores sunlight to shine at later times

rooftop gardens

escape from the city

rooftop gardens as community gardens?

build community among residents of the apartment complex

remote control sensor?

remote viewing

see your garden when you're at workshould it be a realistic rendering? will that fall prey to the "almost real, but not

quite" zone where we actually hate it?

greenhouse?is there any way to harvest moisture in the same way as a greenhouse, using some

sort of component of a mobile system

insects

how do we deal with insects?

aphid infestations

we shouldn't be using chemicals, right?can the device alert you to problems with your upkeep with a garden?

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Scenarios

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Prototyping

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Evaluation

Heuristic Evaluation – User Interface