The Shocker

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The Shocker

• Team 25
• adrian bisek 301032297
• amit prasad 301031556
• justin mah 301033294
• michael humphreys 301033477
• raymond chan 301027512

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Intended Purpose

• To prevent users from disturbing others with
  their intrusive conversations.
• This phone is used as learning tool for people so
  that they can be trained not speak loudly.
• This phone also can help to decrease the noise
  pollution that we are dealing with today.

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How it enhance activities, tasks or experiences?

• Creates a calmer talking environment because
  users will be more worried to talk loudly.
• Less of a disturbance in public areas.
• Less noise as individuals might not want to use
  phone as much.

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How does it extend human cognition?

• Makes users more aware of the comfort level of
  people around them.
• Teaches users to be aware of their voice level.
• Teaches users to keep emotions in check.
• Instead of trying to talk over noise, we can
  learn to listen to the quieter noise.
• With calmer conversations on the phone, people
  could have less stress .

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What is the lifetime of this product?

• The electric shock would take a lot of battery
  power.
• Lifetime depends on the users learning rate.
• Usability as a phone could last over 5 years, but
  again depends on how much it is being used as an
  electric shocker.

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Does it look good?

• Looks like a brick.
• Not ergonomically designed.
• Very big, so its difficult to carry.
• Metal panels are a little big, which could lead
  to a more accidental shock, possibly to head.
• Very simple design.
• Round button could be changed to a button pad.

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Is it Safe?

• It is not very safe to use if you are on the
  receiving end.
• May shock easily if dropped.
• Could give a static shock.
• Possible burns from electric shock.
• Hazardous near water.

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Strengths of the prototype in comparisonto other
similar products

• Learn to speak quieter.
• Creates calmer talking experiences for less
  stress.
• No relearning, it works like a normal phone.
• Looks more like a phone compared to the other
  prototypes.
• Made with cheaper material for better costs.

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Weaknesses of the prototype in comparisonto
other similar products

• Works everywhere, not only places of silence.
• Danger for people with medical issues.
• Big and bulky for a mobile phone of today.
• Inflicts discomfort. (electric shocks)
• Made with material that isnt very durable.

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Moral Implications
Environmental How it effects the environment?

• Non-recyclable cell phones causes landfill space
  to shrink as well as contain toxic chemicals that
  are bad to our environment.
• Better batteries would be required due to the
  electric shocks that may use up more battery
  power. More batteries used means more toxic
  waste.

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Moral Implications
Social Who would buy this?

• People who cant control the volume of their
  voice.
• Parents could buy this for their children as a
  learning tool to speak quieter.
• Used in areas that require low volume
  conversations.

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Moral Implications
Economics Is it affordable?

• Made out of plastic with a little metal.
• Screen is LED, which is not expensive compared to
  todays LCD screens.
• More material than needed. The phone is fairly
  large for its purpose.

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Improvements

• Make it smaller.
• Better design.
• Zaps the user, not the other person.
• Shock a more specific area.
• Rechargeable batteries with higher capacity.

• Built with all recyclable material.
• Have solar panels so it could charge in the sun.
• A menu or contact list, address book is a must.
• Change the button pad.
• Could add a taser for security.

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Evaluate the Success or Failures

• There would have to be a market for this phone
  which means including the shock feature as a
  standard feature.
• This would allow people with no cell phone zones
  to enforce their rules such as libraries or
  movies theaters.
• This technology would only be activated in quiet
  public places or high security areas.

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Evaluate the Success or Failures

• Observation of statistics such as
• - Number of sales
• - Profit and Price
• - Demand
• Survey customers and possible clients on things
  like why they bought The Shocker, where they
  heard of it, what they like about it and what
  could be improved.

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Before and After

• Before

• After our recreation

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In Conclusion

• If there are no improvements done to this phone,
  it would fail on the market.
• If changes are made, there is a chance that this
  idea of more security and controlling noise
  pollution could become popular.