Burn Your Memory Away: One-time Use Video Capture and Storage Device to Encourage Memory Appreciation to Encourage Memory Appreciation to Encourage Memory Appreciation SMG Chih yun Cheng

SMG Chih yun Cheng

越容易得到 的事物 , 越不懂珍惜。 Very often, people do not know how precious something is until it is gone. People do not pay attention or cherish things that are easy to obtain, because they come easily.

越容易得到 的事物 , 越不懂珍惜。

Very often, people do not

know how precious something is until it is gone. People

do not pay attention or cherish things that are easy to

obtain, because they come easily.

we present a prototype design named PY-ROM. “Pyr” means fire in Greek, and “ROM” standsfor “ Real Ordinary Memory.”

we present a prototype design named

PY-ROM. “Pyr” means fire in Greek,

and “ROM” standsfor

“ Real Ordinary Memory.”

more is more less is more

more is more

less is more

過多的記錄，往往被遺忘 老照片，老相本，珍惜

過多的記錄，往往被遺忘

老照片，老相本，珍惜

if you only have one more chance to relive past memories, what would you do? what would you do? what would you do?

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賣火柴的小女孩

five suitable attributes of matchsticks for our design to bring the concept of “less is more” to media capture: is more” to media capture: is more” to media capture:

1.Natural and intuitive interaction

1.Natural and intuitive interaction

2.Connection with tradition

2.Connection with tradition

3.One-time use

3.One-time use

4.Suitable burn time

4.Suitable burn time

Portability

Portability

One-time Use Matchstick Design Figure 3 shows the prototype design of our matches in an ordinary matchbox. Each matchstick has two symmetrical ends: one for recording (orange) and one for playing (green).

figure 4. Light up the recording side of a PY-ROM match to record a precious moment with a micro-camera.

figure 5. Light up the playing side of a PY-ROM match to replay the recorded memory with a micro-projector

figure 8. On an extreme occasion, user can eliminate the original object such as a photo or a message by burning it with a PYROM match, which captures it in a video at the same time.

user senario

figure 7. Low fidelity prototyping using real matches and a built-in webcam with computer screen, to record video (top) and play the recorded file (bottom).

conclusion We would like to use this example to bring designers another element of “ appreciation” to consider when designing augmented everyday objects. only one-time use, which encourages people to appreciate their important moments and brings more meaning to their everyday lives