This document provides instructions for Assignment 7 to design an innovative timepiece. It asks students to be creative and design a timepiece that displays the time and date as a hologram projection on any surface. It also gives weather forecasts and can be used as a flashlight. The timepiece must be wearable, resistant to various environmental factors, and have a long-lasting battery. It should have simple, easy-to-use functions operated by two buttons with a non-cluttered design compatible with smartphones. The projection should be visible in the dark and interact with smartphones for an enjoyable user experience. Students are asked to compare their design to existing digital watches, projectors, smartphones, and fitness trackers. They then describe

1. Freddy Agredo
CEN4722 – Assignment 7 Design an Innovative Timepiece
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2. CEN4722 – Assignment 7
Instructions
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Read through the assignment. Be creative!!!!! This is an innovative timepiece. If you
cannot draw with PowerPoint either sketch out your timepiece and scan it or search
online for something that that is close to what you are designing. I am not grading
your artistic skills.
You do not need to get more than one other opinion for Section a.
Then use the template to respond to the questions posed.
You may add slides to this presentation and include graphics and pictures, but please
do not delete any of the slides.

3. CEN4722 – Assignment 7 a
What does it do?
 Displays time and date as
a hologram projection
against any surface
 Gives weather forecast
 Works as a flashlight
Timepiece Requirements
 Wearable
 Resistant to heat and water
 Resistant to daily scratches
and regular weather
 Long lasting battery

4. CEN4722 – Assignment 7 a
Usability Criteria
 Simple functions easy to learn
 Solid case
 Two buttons to operate the device
 Quick to use and no cluttered
design
 Compatible with smart phone
 Alarm function
User Experience Criteria
 Data can be seen in the dark
 Interactive with smart phone to
make it fun and enjoyable
 Users with similar experience
with other wristwatches can use it
without much instruction or
difficult explanation
 Device’s functions are easy to
remember when reusing it

5. CEN4722 – Assignment 7 b
Similar Devices
 Digital wristwatches
 Projectors
 Smart phones
 Fit-bit and other health related
wrist devices
What is good about them?
 Easy to use
 Modern
 Lot of options: varied colors, price,
styles
 Customer service
 Digital
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6. CEN4722 – Assignment 7 c
Your Device
 What does it do?
1. Displays time and date, and
also exhibits the weather
forecast in your area if
requested, by projecting an
image on any surface.
2. Depending on the distance from
the reflecting surface the size of
the image projected gets larger
or smaller.

7. CEN4722 – Assignment 3 b
 What is good about your device? What needs improvement?
1. The device is a black solid unit on the wrist that gives no indication about its use
2. Solid and durable, with no crystal pieces that could be broken easily
3. Projected image can be used as a flashlight in dark areas
4. Construction of wristwatch, usability and design make it a conversational piece
between friends or general public
5. Battery is still an issue on digital devices, so probably the amount of power
required to project the data could drain the battery life easily with heavy use.
6. With the miniaturization of technology, in the future it will be possible to increase
the amount of data to display and use different colors for the image projected

8. Sources:
Preece, Jenny, Yvonne Rogers, and Helen Sharp. ”The
Process of Interaction Design." Interaction
Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction.
4th ed. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
343-344. Print.
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