After many days of searching we have managed to conclude our tutorial session today with an idea worth pursuing. Some interesting ideas were gained from the very amusing First World Problems blog, and made for some fun concepts. The best inspiration, however , came from The Fun Theory, a project set up by Volkswagen, which aims to use fun to "change behaviour for the better". Discussion and subsequent brainstorming on this topic led to an idea to encourage people to return shopping trolleys to the bays at the supermarket by turning it into a game. A plan was drawn up, and the necessary parts obtained from Yasu. Our intention is to use buttons on either side of a mock up to make a buzzing noise when users touch the sides of the trolley bay, and one button on the front to activate a victory tune when the trolley is pushed home, "Winning" the game. To add to this, a 7-segment LED display would show how many times the user touched the sides (the lower, the better) and an RGB LED would shine blue for normal use, red when it touched the sides, and green when the trolley hit the end.
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