hydrate me

Utrecht University, Spring 2012

INFOIUI - Intelligent User Interfaces

HydrateMeA conceptual design by Stathis Grigoropoulos

Mario Narwan

Design ChallengeTo design a mobile application to coach

people to Avoid Dehydration

Contents

• Overview

• Target Group

• Storyboard of user experience

• Prototype

• Features/functionality

• Theoretical Justifications

• Results of Applications Testing

• Drawbacks of design

• Expansion - what else is possible - to the future

• Next steps in design process

• Recap



HydrateMe

Persuasive Purpose• Increase self-awareness around dehydration and water consumption• Convince users to drink more water

•Increase self-efficiency and health status

Industrial Design



Target Group

Busy individual with a heavy schedule, often forgetting to drink water…

They are likely…

• Ages 22 – 55• Smartphone owners• Using Online Calendar• Comfortable using technology



The Story of Dehydration

I am off to

work. Busy

day ahead of

me.

Bob is a very successful businessman, who works at a big corporation. His work is very stressful and demanding. He is on his way to work and he is already late for an important business meeting

The meeting is with senior partners and Bob needs to make a good impression. During such an intense situation Bob undergoes a lot of pressure, which then leads to dehydration.

OMG! I

think my

head is going

to explode.

Due to severe dehydration Bob now suffers from a headache and his performance is greatly decreased.



The Story of Dehydration II

Another day

at the office.

Yesterday

was just

dreadful.

Bob is heading for another day at the office. But this time he downloaded the HydrateMe app to avoid dehydration.

Another stressful meeting and yet again his water level is decreasing. However, this time he gets notified about this fact and can take proper the action in order to avoid dehydration.

Ring! Ring!

HydrateMe

notification

Bob takes a nice sip of water to keep him hydrated and at his best performance level as well as keeping his head at an optimal state of mind.



Prototype of HydrateMe• Daisio will accompany

you on setting your water reminders

WORK

Lunch Break

Meeting

Possible Reminder

Set times



workout

Prototype of HydrateMe• Daisio will remind you when to drink water• Daisio will change behavior depending on

your level of hydration (or your attention…)

Mild Dehydration Severe Dehydration



Features/Functionality

• Keep track of your hydration level• Incorporate online calendar to optimally time the

water reminding process• Your Friend Daisio gives advice concerning

relevant health issues and manage your water intake and level of hydration

• Gather personal data to adjust water consumption (e.g. age, body weight)

• Gather environmental parameters to adjust your daily water consumption (temperature, humidity)

• Daisio’s hydration level( That’s you ) can be rewarded if normal or penalized if dehydrated



Theoretical Justifications

• Water is the most essential body nutrient, after oxygen

• Proper water consumption can:• Improve productiveness• Improve mood factors• Improve overall health

• Increase self-awareness about dehydration issues

• Persuasion through our Character Daisio• The link between watering your character as you

should drink water with apparent results

• Personalization through automation of water reminders



Results of Relevant Apps Testing

• Waterlogged• Record water intake on any day you want• Use your own glasses to track your water• Overall app

• iHydrate• Focused on athletes• Uses environmental parameters• Help facilitate the replacement of fluids lost during sports

based on urine color and/or amount of weight lost.

Customers are pretty pleased with those mobile applications



http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/waterlogged-drink-more-water/id352199775?mt=8

http://mobilesportsinc.com/ihydrate.html

Drawbacks of Design

• The automation of water reminding is based on another application ( online calendar)

• The online calendar must have an API ( e.g. Google Calendar API)

• The user must be precise on his/her schedule filling

• No ways to prove water consumption by the user

• There is no commercial, non invasive way to measure hydration level on your body• Approximate solution by weight measurement



Expansion - What else is possible?

•Create a variety of persuasive characters so user can choose what he connects easier•Connect with social media (e.g facebook)•Incorporate features of the current state-of-the-art to our application

•Take photo of your glass you drink water•Produce statistics of your hydration levels, water intake

Remember our biggest problem = no proper way to directly measure hydration levels



Expansion - To the future…

•Ultimate coach to avoid Dehydration:

Cantimer's first commercial products will be a family of

devices that address hydration measurement and monitoring needs by

measuring a tiny drop of saliva

Aimed for Medical use:Still not FDA Approved

•Firefighters

•Infants

•Elderly

•Chronic Illness



Next Steps in Design Process

• Refine research on State-of-the-Art• User Testing• Connect Prototype to scientific literature• Finalize Prototype in paper • Conduct research for the Ultimate agent

towards avoiding dehydration ( feasibility, commercial value)

Certainty

• Build a demo of our Prototype Line• Demo testing, learner studies



RecapWhat we can do:

State of the art + innovation step

What we envision:

Intelligent Agent + further innovation



Thank you !

Questions/Comments/Feedback?

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nice sip of water