The document summarizes the development of an adaptive chair for students. It describes conducting a questionnaire to understand student needs, creating mock-ups of potential features like height adjustment and reclining, and using ideas from Mercedes car seats like heated seating and adjustable lumbar support. The final chair design includes adaptive seat heating, cushioning to sense posture, and a feature to sense body tension and automatically switch between study and break modes.

1. Adaptive Design
By
Rebecca Eelbeck
Joshua Ellis

2. Adaptive Chair

3. Why Students?

4. Questionnaire About these
Chairs
Simple but no arm rests. Comfy but too loose Too hard, too low and
uncomfortable

5. The Features

6. Mock-ups!

7. Questionnaire About our Product
What If yes,range would
price what?
you be willing to pay for
Height Adjustments
Recline features
such a chair?
£20 - £50 says 50%
Tilting.
- £80 says 25%
- £100 says 25%

8. Posture and Seat shapes
Studying – Back’s straight, leaning forward
Gaming/Socailising – Leaning back, more relaxed

9. Mercedes Car Seats
- Heated seating on front and rear seats
-automatic child seat recognition ( could
use this as an idea for recognising a
person sitting on it)
-Adjustable lumbar support for front
passenger

10. Logo!

11. Slogan

12. The Final Chair
Features
-Adaptive seat heating
-Adaptive cushioning for relaxed
posture ( pressure pads to sense
posture )
-Adaptive study/break time rotation
from the desk. (sense tension in
body)

13. How we are distributing our Ads!