Notes on Fridge Surfaces

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Notes on Fridge Surfaces

• Presented by Shweta Malu
• Human Computer Interaction

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Ethnography

• EthnosPeople
• GraphyWriting
• It is a kind of writing that uses fieldwork to
  provide a descriptive study of human societies.
• Topic- Notes on Fridge surfaces.

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Why Fridge and Fridge Magnets?

• It could have been doors , walls, bulletin board.
• Missing in all these is the magnetic quality.
• Qualities- fluidity and informality.
• Persistent in display.
• Continuously reorienting and reconfiguring.

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Space and Form

• Sharing factor because of Surface and location
  for fridge
• Readily available to all household member.
• Like bulletin board or a diary there is no need
  of regimental system has to be instituted to look
  into it.

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Things that can be on fridge surface.

• Schedule for week
• Grocery list
• Photos, greeting cards, post cards.
• Bills
• Visiting cards
• Party reminders
• Park passes.
• Calendar.

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Convenience and Functionality of putting this
together.

• Generally the upper part is used by the
• adults in the house and the lower by their
• sons and daughters.
• The working side of the fridge adjoins a
  kitchen counter.
• The fridge faces the kitchen table makes its
  display available, as a matter of course, during
  activities such as eating and homework.

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Example
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Implementation

• Tangible user interface
• A way to perform organizing and grouping, rapid
  and fluid.
• Selectively revealing details about each item.

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Continued

• Displaying alternate views of the data
• Exporting the arrangement to some final output
  medium (e.g., schedule, shelf list, web pages).

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Design-Sensor board
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Design.

• Pucks Small rectangular plastic tags or pucks,
  resembling white refrigerator magnets.
• Each puck was magnetized.
• On these pucks various command were programmed
  like view details, group command.

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Design-continued

• It contained the RFID which is a passive device
  polled by a radio frequency signal transmitted by
  the board beneath it.

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Evaluations

• Selectively revealing details about each item
• Displaying alternate views of the data
• Exporting the arrangement to some final output
  medium (e.g., schedule, shelf list, web pages)

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Extensions

• Better display technology
• Ability to Retain information on the pucks.

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Questions?

• Thank you